E'zok Heathland

Place

Place Name:

E'zok Heathland

Biome:

Heathland

Size:

Unknown

Continent:

Subcontinent

History

Twilight Age: 4E 0-4E 500

This region was first inhabited by the zu'aan calling themselves the Uban people. There was a few other rival tribes in the region, such as the Vhau and the Dargi peoples. They lived in the land since long ago, from times before the kin'toni races was even made. In the year 4E 36 a zu'aan called Delyz Shebel was turned by a kin'toni of an unnamed clan. He failed the clan leader and was exiled from the clan's home region. He left the clan to another region called the E'zok Heathland. He found the local zu'aan tribes and started turning them into kin'toni.

Hee declared that the clan's new name would be the Peullton Kin'toni Clan clan, and the name stuck. Over the course of the next eight thousand years Shebel led his clan into prosperity.His clan was governed with discipline and great valor, but also, cruelty and mercilessness. He is known to of had kin'toni murdered and hung up, disemboweled whilst alive. During the Shattering, he surrounded the borders of his region with his some of his soldiers to defend the region against invaders. He made war on the nearby zu'aan city of Nyaistu, but the city was to well defended and his clan was driven off.

He started a siege of the city that lasted one hundred and thirty-five days. During the siege, three small kin'toni clans called the Zxa, Kala and D'kal Clans found out and attacked the Peullton kin'toni army. This started a four war that lead to the clans defeated. The remains of the three small clans fled. In the battle of Gal Nix-e Tar , the clan lost six thousand of their ten thousand kin'toni. This battle was against the kin'toni of the allies of the three broken clans. The deaths where do with sickness and infected wounds after the battle and an sickness thought to be the Cwiaodaaera that sped to the clan by kin'toni going back after the wars.

The clans had from the region of the Kruven Freshwater Marsh that lies south of this region. In around 4E 230, there was a large outbreak of the Cwiaodaaera. A fast spreading sickness that is spread by some animals. It crases the s immune system to fail and a slow death. It claimed around three thousand lives before it burned out in around 4E 222. During the currant days, the Peullton kin'toni Clan are looking over their borders in hoping that other clans do not invade their land. There is rumors of exiled kin'toni in the marshland to the south wanting to invade.

Geography

This region has free-draining infertile, acidic soils and open, low-growing woody vegetation. The region is known to be rather flat. To the south of the E'zok Heathland is the Kruven Freshwater Marsh, said to be the home of many exiled Peullton kin'toni Clan members. To get to the Kruven Freshwater Marsh, one must cross the dangerous River Aven. This river is very wide and its brown water flows unusually fast downhill. The River Aven is considered dangerous due to the sharp rocks that are under the water and the dangerous wildlife such as the bahya and the amamai. This part of the region is also lawless and prone to raids.

To the east of the E'zok Heathland is the shining white stone towers of the zu'aan city of Nyaistu. This city's zu'aan are foes of the Peullton kin'toni Clan and are known to patrol the lands around the city a lot. To get to the city, the region of Tarna must be crossed. This barren and unforgiving region is known for its zu'aan banditry and hostilities. This part of the region is around ten miles long and five miles wide. There are a few old roads though this part of the region, but they are claimed by various zu'aan groups. Some roads are claimed by zu'aan from Nyaistu and some are claimed by zu'aan bandit gangs.

Another place in the region is called Shaibha Bhau (Shining Rift), this large gash in the ground leads to a large cave network that most of the Peullton kin'toni Clan live in and where the clan is ruled from. Shaibha Bhau is around a mile long, two hundred feet wide and around five hundred feet deep. .There are staircases carved into the walls and the kin'toni of this clan have carved their homes into the rock faces there. To connect the homes, there are walkways made of wood that is imported from other regions. Around eighty percent of the clan live in the Shaibha Bhau.

One place of note is called Zqoa-Dhia (translation: Cave of Artifacts). This large, round cave is located somewhere on the northernmost edge of the region. The way into the cave is located in a deep rift in the ground called Tama Nca (The Gash). This rift is around two hundered feet deep, a hundred feet long and ten feet wide. There is a staircase carved into the walls of Tama Nca that is used to get down to the way into Zqoa-Dhia. The bottom of this rift is known to flow into caves that have an underground river called the River Jai. The caves are unexplored and it is unknown where they lead, that is if they lead anywhere.

Plants

Most of the plants of this region are low shrubs. The region is dominated by plants such as adaver (thorn) bushes, these are large plants that are around five feet tall, spread their roots to around six feet around and ten feet deep. The plant is woody, with thin trucks and branches. It has thorns on its thinner its branches. The leaves are indigo in color and the small clustered flowers are white in color. The plant grows more of itself by seeds inside the plant's blue berries that eaten by animals. Used for thatching, basket-making, brushes and besoms, rope-making, and for fuel and wattle.

Another type of plant is a low growing plant called nahau asai (blade leaf), that grows to around ten inches in height and spreads in thick mats. It has small pointed laves that are azure in appearance. The flowers are very small, have four petals each and are dark blue in color. It can take part of its nutrients from other plants. This plant grows best in direct sunlight and can grow in dappled shade. This plant is common thought the region. This plant known to grow in many places outside this region. This plant is eaten by smaller animals in this region such as the hoai and the vakoa. The Peullton kin'toni Clan use it as bedding.

Another plant is the uanha asai (gloss leaf). This plant grows to around six feet at the most in height, spread their roots to around nine feet around and ten feet deep. The plnat has many trunks that are all conntated to each other. The plant has large cobalt blue leaves that are oval in shape and glossy. The flowers of this plant are around three inches in diameter and have many petals arranged in two rows. The flowers are very light blue to white in color. This plant speads its seeds by berries that are dark blue in color and are eaten by many animals in this region. The Peullton kin'toni Clan use the berries of this plant to make wine.

A rare plant in this region is the hayak nae sherwe (dappled rift flower) . It only grows inside the rifts of the Tama Nca and Shaibha Bhau. It gorws best in shady conditions. This plant is around three inches tall and speads its roots to around a foot deep. It has lean marbled foliage and leaves that are very small. The plant's flowers are silvery in color and are very small with only four petals. This plant has sticky hairs over its leaves that are a perfect trap for small insect like lifeforms. This prey provides the nutrients that the plant is missing. This plant has no uses for kin'toni and only some animals are known to eat it.

Another plant is called yhde kao (river grass), this plant grows only in the lawless part of the region around the River Aven. The plant is common in the River Aven region. It is a type of long grass like plant that has oval silvery-blue leaves that grow to around a foot long and flowers that are around half an inch in size. The golden flowers have many tiny petals. This plant spreads its waterproof seeds on the water. The seed float downriver and some get washed to the bank and germinate. The Peullton kin'toni Clan weave the plant' leaves into clothing and baskets and they eat the seeds as a snack.

Animals

The animals of this region include the hoai, a small animal that is half a foot long and weighs less then a pound. It is cold blooded and has shining light blue scales that cover its body, the hoai has four eyes set on the side of its head. It feeds off the nahau asai plant during the day. It lives in a burrow underground share by many others of its family. Males mate with keep harams of females and are known to kill the young of rival males. The female lays twenty eggs in each clutch and eggs have to be kept warm and take four weeks to hatch. zu'aan and kin'toni, along many other animals eat hoai and hoai eggs.

Another one of the region's animals is the vakoa. This small animal is three feet long and three inchs tall. It weighs around a pound. It is cold blooded. It has a long and sinuous body that lacks legs. It is covered with blue scales that are rough to the touch. It has eyes that are covered with a large scale to protect its eyes and it has more joints in its jaws to be able to eat larger prey. It lays around five eggs at a time that take five weeks to hatch. The young take around ten weeks to reach full size . The vakoa is venomous and its venom can make small animal unable to move.

Another one of the region's animals is the bahya. This animal is around three foot long and weighs five pounds. It has an elongated, cylindrical body. It has dark grey skin that is smooth to touch, but thick and tough. It lives in the waters of the river Aven near the bottom most of the time. It eats mostly smaller watering living animals and invertebrates. It hunts using electric organ discharges that can make a shock up to 900 volts for around one-tech of a second. This ccan stun their prey and give a kin'toni or zu'aan a nasty shock. These organs can be used for electrolocation.

Another is the deadly amamai, this animal is around nine foot long and weighs many pounds. Its body is thick and stocky, it has four limbs, all legs. Its grey skin is covered with strong grey-blue scales. It eats bahya most of the time, but it has been known kill and eat weaken kin'toni with its razor sharp teeth, long claws and nerotoxinic venom. These animals live in the River Aven part of the region and regions downriver. The animal bears live young that take five years to grow to full size and can live for ten years. Normally, one to three young are born at a time, but over half die before racing full size.

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