Teurga

Teurga is the name most often applied to the boot-like region at the most southern tip of the continent of Vensia Magna. The northern end of this region transitions from desert into scrubland. Near the south, in Tuerga proper, the land turns into a dense jungle region, as it straddles the equator. This the original homeland of the Southern Races.

Fauna & Flora

Rotscrub: This short rough bush has a shagged and peeling bark, and small dark spade-shaped leaves. The growing bush gives off a rancid smell that hides other scents quite effectively. The bark, if collected with bare hands, stains the skin grey-brown and leaves a foul smell on the skin. If burned, the pungent bark reeks like burning garbage, eliminating the effectiveness of scent-tracking in a 200 ft. radius.
Baobob Tree: This large-trunked deciduous tree grows in southern Shüdura, as well as in coastal Teurga. Its enormous trunk acts as a water-storage container, from which water can be tapped. Its fibrous inner bark is often used to make ropes, sacks, and nets. The egg-shaped fruit has a tart pulp that can be eaten, and the seeds pounded into an edible paste, similar to peanut butter. As a baobob ages, its central core begins to deteriorate, creating an open hollow interior. People then use this interior chamber for storage and shelter.
Tok: This jungle tree has wide leaves on the ends of drooping hollow leaf stalks that are strong and flexible, up to an inch in diameter. The stalk-branches are used among the Tuergans and Azarans as hoses for water. Dried tok branches are also woven together in mats, and the separated fibers used to weave ropes and cables, most notably in the making of suspension bridges. The tok also produces a yellow oblong fruit, similar to the papaya, with pink flesh and black seeds.
Banyan: The baynan tree grows in wet and swampy areas, its base often submerged in standing water. An individual tree sends down pillar-like root supports from its branches, giving it a multiple-trunked appearance. One individual banyan plant can have the appearance of a small forest, with hundreds of root supports.

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