Magadipan
Until the fall of the nearby city of Madaro-Shanti a century or more past, the sect of the evil monkey-god Pertikudeo had remained hidden for fear of that city’s wizards. The sect grew in the last hundred years — first quietly and then more openly — in the venerable temple-city of Magadipan, until now a town of almost 1,000 creatures spreads through the jungle around the edifice recently claimed by the monkey-god’s worshippers. The population is mostly human or half-orc but also includes a significant group of hanu-naga and several awakened apes who act primarily as guards. One resource that supports the population is a deep well that taps into a seemingly endless underground spring.
The temple itself is ancient and towers above the low buildings of the town, but there is no doubt its carvers were friendly to monkeys as those animals can be seen peeking around columns and between leafy vines, and lines of carved monkeys march across the lintels of the doors and windows. The interior suggests that the temple may originally have been dedicated to a different power, as an ornate wall mosaic in the main room has been partially broken so all that remains is the lower part of a blue robe with a dark hand resting on a knee and several monkeys cavorting around a sandaled foot.
Recently the priests gathered several of the local tribes into the area by performing “miracles,” supposedly by the power of their vile trickster deity. The rare traveler who manages to both find the town and also leave again can only speculate whether this gathering presages a substantial building program, upcoming mass sacrifices, or preparation for war.
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