Ruh Island
Located in the centre of the Haan Archipelago, in between Stunveldt to its west, Thaur at its north, Karte at the east and the dangerous Savage Isles at its south, Ruh is a beautiful island full of city-states with an ancient culture and traditions, that managed to charm even the reclusive Stunveldti before anybody else.
Ruh is a place of peculiar scalies with a deep and rich history and culture, and of many biomes, towns and riches.
Geography
Ruh is a tropical island of sparse jungles with steep terrain and a small mountainous stretch in the middle peppered with mildly active small volcanoes. The northwest area of the island is covered in a much denser jungle, while the eastern area gets a bit more arid. While the northern coast as well as Dry Island enjoy delightfully sandy beaches, much of the southern half is more steep and has rockier coasts. Ruh does not contain any white forests or very big lakes, however its mountains provide it with an ample supply of small streams of fresh water.
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Dry Island
At the northeast of the main island of Ruh there is a landmass around 25km across known as Dry Island.This zone is occupied by a big settlement known just as "The Island", and it is a beautiful land of warm beaches and fine sand. The area lost a bit of its attractiveness after the settling of the Irates in the neighbouring island to the north, as the waters in the canal became a dangerous zone to traverse.
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Native Fauna
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Hapists, legars and hirschmalls are some of the other characteristic creatures that can be found in the island.
Native Flora
Ruh is home to the night leaf, a beautiful tree of green and black leaves that produces nuts known for their aphrodisiac properties, usually sold under the name of "Enhancer Nut" or "Delicious Nut".Minerals
The mountains on the island, especially in the southwest area, are rich in deep veins of turquoise, that show prominently in the jewellery and architecture of the island, especially in the Cyan Stone City, named after these rocks.The people of Ruh
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When island-wide decisions need to be taken, a council is gathered in the Cyan Stone City, the biggest settlement on the island. The Ruhks are almost entirely conformed of scaly societarians, vastly different in culture and identity than those from Karte. They are famous for their knowledge of astronomy and for their naming ceremonies, where the "child name" of a person is replaced by their unusual "adult names" chosen by the RuhRic at the age of 24 and formed by a short sentence that describes the person's traits.
It is also remarkable that, for centuries, the Ruhk were the only people allowed to visit, trade and exchange knowledge with the Stunveldti, the residents of the neighbouring island that stayed "closed" to outsiders until 2586 E.Alz.
Ruh Island by Naelin
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Fun geography article. It's a shame the Irates moved in next door, it sounds like a lovely place.
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