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.,~\$$&¶## we might find ourselves in the land of ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## kirugu vargir. the borders are not ##¶&$$\~,.
.....,~~$& known! it spans until it doesnt, &$~~,.....
.,~\$$$$&¶ roughly. people know where they are, or ¶&$$$$\~,.
.,~\$$$$$& they have a hunch. below is the map. it &$$$$$\~,.
....,\$&¶# is somewhat zoomed in. #¶&$\,....
.,~\$$&& #&&&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶¶# kirugu vargir has one town, a big #¶¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## settlement or aggregation of peoples ##¶&$$\~,.
....~$$$ and buildings. it's also called kirugu #&$$$~....
.,~\$$&¶## vargir, located where the forest falls ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## into the desert. in the heart of the ##¶&$$\~,.
....,\$&&& city stands the crypt where they keep &&&$\,....
.,~\$$¶### veszelle, the comatose girl whose dream ###¶$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## this is (she has been stolen from earth ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$## by a pack of martens) ###&$$\~,.
....,~$$$& &$$$~,....
.....,\$$¶ there is a law but it is watered down ¶$$\,.....
...~\\$$$& the further away you go (inverse &$$$\\~...
.,~\$$¶### square?) ###¶$$\~,.
.....,~~$& &$~~,.....
.,~\$&¶### the desert is not so full of life, but ###¶&$\~,.
.,~~~\$$$& it is there! a lizard-like people make &$$$\~~~,.
.,~\$$&¶## their homes in the caverns below ##¶&$$\~,.
.....,\$$& ground. they are the original &$$\,.....
....~\$$&& collectors of the honey. &&$$\~....
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.,~\$$&¶## desert ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$$& #&&$$$\~,.
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.,~\$$## in the forest are minor food producing ###&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## settlements, mines (battery ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$&¶## production), witches and other ##¶&$$\~,.
....,,~$ magicians, and lots of prey. kirugu has #&$~,,....
.,~\$$&¶## an overrepresentation of ferrets and ##¶&$$\~,.
.,~\$$$$&& they are also made somewhere in here &&$$$$\~,.
...,~~~~$& (ferretary?), down to the southwest. in &$~~~~,...
....,~$&¶# the southeast are some mountains and #¶&$~,....
.,~\$$$&¶# caves. #¶&$$$\~,.
....,,~$$& &$$~,,....
....,~$$$¶ ¶$$$~,....
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