Wayra Boreal Schrublands

Place

Place Name:

Wayra Boreal Schrublands

Biome:

Boreal Schrublands

Size:

Unknown

Continent:

Unknown

Subcontinent

Unknown

Geography

Wayra Boreal Shrublands lies just west of the grand lonely mountain that caused the flooding and forever changed the topography of the area. The mountain is quite large, and casts a shadow across the nearby Wayra region. A different kin’toni clan lives up on the mountain, so the Ropol people decided to begin trading with them. On the mountain, many pathways have been drawn and established. This helps traveling up the mountain with various goods to trade with. The mountain is rather plain, not many plants and trees grow on it. It is rockier than it is covered with plant life.

Most of the plants found in the area will be located in the Wayra shrublands, not the lonely mountain to the east. The pathways found on the mountains vary. Some are lined with stone to keep a traveler on the path. Others have just been traversed for so long that the plants grow around the pathway, not wanting to get trampled by the frequent travelers that go up and down the mountain. When one thinks about the Wayra region, the mountain does not come to mind. What most think about when thinking of Wayra is the swampy shrubland. The swamps of the region are not deep, but the entirety of Wayra is covered in a shallow layer of water.

Many shrubs and short trees are naturally found in the region. Also, many rocks are found scattered throughout, so it is important to take caution when traversing the shrubland part of Wayra. The swampy shrubland is a wide expanse of land. The climate of this part of the area is rather warm, as the mountain nearby takes the brunt of the snow and cold winds that come during the winter. The shrublands never get cold enough to freeze the water, so the area could be described as temperate. The wet soil found in this part of the region is high with nutrients and supports the plant life really well.

The soil is an important part of the natural landscape because the Ropol people utilize the area for farming. The soil is fantastic to farm with and has produced quite amazing crops over time. Farming fields now take up a large portion of the Wayra swampy shrublands. At first, the farms were kept to be quaint and small, but as trading began to boom for the Ropol clan, more sections of Wayra were converted into farmland. The farms uphold most of the natural landscape, as the plants grow best in the shallow water. However, certain areas have been fully converted into perfectly placed farming sections.

The farms do not damage the land but they did change how Wayra’s swampy shrublands looked. When coming to Wayra, the main thing to see is no longer the swamp or the lonely mountain. It is now the farms that the Ropol clan has created. Farms that have changed the way farming was done in the area, by working with the land rather than on it.

Plants

The most obvious plant life found in Wayra is shrubs. There are shrubs everywhere, so it is safe to assume that the region is properly named. The shrubs of the area are small to medium-sized, and often described as a woody type of plant. Larger shrubs have been recorded to reach over 20 feet tall, and the smallest shrubs found have been seen growing at a foot tall. There is quite a bit of variety amongst the shrubbery located in Wayra. The shrubs found in Wayra are evergreen, which is good as it can sometimes snow there. The stems of the shrubs are hidden by the volume of leaves located on the shrubs. It is easy for plants and animals to hide in their vastness.

Another obvious plant, rather plants, found in Wayra are crops. The Ropol clan has been fine-tuning the crops found in Wayra for centuries. Vegetables and grains are the most commonly grown crops in the area. They are also the ones that do the best in the swampy conditions that make up Wayra Boreal Shrublands. The only crops grown by the clan, and in that vein, the only crops grown in Wayra, are food crops. In other regions, crops that create oil or have other uses are grown, but in Wayra, the only crops that will be found are food crops. This is because the Ropol clan used to be zu’aan, and needed food to survive.

As kin’toni, though, they grow zu’aan-infused crops, and trade those, rather than live off of them. Other commonly found plants in Wayra is swamp moss and makaths. The swamp moss of Wayra is very old, as it used to be the grass before the land flooded and uprooted it. So now, the moss that can be found in Wayra is rootless, meaning that it does not require roots that stretch into the ground to find nutrients. The moss of this region is also incredibly strong. The moss there is able to survive some rather cold conditions and is especially good at surviving the occasional snow that will grace the ground of Wayra.

Some moss found in Wayra has also been recorded to be luminous. So during the dark winter nights, some of the shallow water will light up with this luminous moss. Finally, the Wayrian makath. This plant has a bright yellow color and grows from water vines. They have a circular shape and are frequently left alone as most Wayrian makaths are very heavy. They have a smooth texture, but the smoothness is broken up into different sections due to riding occurring from odd growth. The stem that the makath grows from is edible, but the makath itself is not. It is not poisonous, per se, but it is not good for digestion. Some people will experience negative effects after eating it, others will not.

Many other types of plants grow in the shrublands, but there are far too many to possibly keep track of.

Animals

Many animals live in the Wayra region. Some are water dwellers, others prefer to stick to the dry ground. Some of the animals prefer to have access to both. One of the water dwellers that can be found all over Wayra is the tomapi. Tomapi are small creatures that would prefer to stay in the water than anything else. They have dry skin, warts, crests behind their eyes, and parotid glands that produced a poison that helps the tomapi protect itself from predators. If it touches the skin, it can cause a mild reaction of boils and blistering. Tompai have a green and brown color to them which helps them blend in with the natural world around them.

When threatened, they puff up their bodies to look bigger and more intimidating. Many different species of the tompai exist, but the most common one found in Wayra is the froan tompai. There is very little difference between the species, the froan, however, have been recorded to be slightly bigger on average than the other species. An animal that enjoys living in both the dry and wet parts of Wayra is the chordato. Chordato are tall birds that stand at about 4 feet tall. A lot of the height that the bird has comes from its abnormally long neck.

The chordato is covered head to toe in white feathers. It has a long beak that extends the rather small head that a chordato has. Chordato eat mostly fish that live in certain parts of the swampy shrublands. They live unnaturally long lives, as well. The oldest Chordato recorded has been alive since before the outbreak occurred. It is unclear why the birds live for so long. Some have theorized that it is due to consuming the fish of the farms. The fish have absorbed the good nutrients that come from the crops, and therefore contribute to extending the bird's life.

This is not unlikely, as there is no other sound evidence of why members of this species live for so long. The animals that prefer dry ground make up the minority in Wayra. Living on or in the water is the norm for most creatures. However, the irik of Wayra does not follow that. These creatures have brown fur on their backs and white fur on their stomachs. They are small creatures, with some growing no bigger than the palm of a hand. They have long skin-like tails that are not covered in fur. These creatures travel in packs and live in burrows under the ground.

This is the only truly dry place in Wayra. Finding a burrow is easy, one just has to locate a drier part of the region and dig. The irik of Wayra are truly pests. They dig at the crops and steal whatever food they can. They procreate quickly and are just a big annoyance to the Ropol people. Some kin’toni hunt them, but most do not even bother to deal with the large vermin population.

Historical Timeline of Ages

Age Name	Dates	Controller
Stone Age	Before 1E 0	Unknown
Copper Age	1E 1–1E 2200	Unknown
Bronze Age	1E 2200–1E 4400	Unknown
Iron Age	2E 0–2E 700	Unknown
Ancient Age	2E 700–2E 2200	Unknown
Middle Age	3E 0–3E 2050	Unknown
Early Modern Age	3E 2050–3E 2600	Unknown
Industrial Age	3E 2600–3E 2700	Unknown
Machine Age	3E 2700–3E 2800	Unknown
Atomic Age	3E 2800–3E 2850	Unknown
Space Age	3E 2850–3E 2875	Unknown
Information Age	3E 2875–3E 2900	Unknown
Genetic Age	3E 2950–3E 3000	Unknown
Awakening Age	3E 3000–3E 3415	Unknown
Twilight Age	4E 0–4E 500	Ropol Kin'toni Clan

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This article is written by Vanessa Margo. Copyright 2026 Vanessa Margo. All rights reserved.