User blog:The Reptile King/Reptile Kingdom: Places of Interest

The Reptile Kingdom is vast kingdom full of seamingly endless wilderness. Just like any other kingdom, it has many places that are interest, be they locations built by people or naturally occurring land marks. Here is a list of a few of such places.

Kokoto Village: Kokoto Village is a town situated in a region called the Verdent Hills, a place with wide open plains and small mountains that is ideal habitat for dragons and wyverns both mamono and the great beasts that populate the wilds of the kingdom. Kokoto itself has an interesting history, the town was founded by a man who is simply known as the Hero of Kokoto. This man is extremely old, to the point where only the he and king himself knows his age or even his name. He had been among the first of the hunters who help control the wild beasts of the kingdom and had been the first to slay a wyvernoid beast. After years of hunting he had retired as a hermit in the Verdent Hills. However he did not stay a hermit for long as his reputation had drawn the attention of many young hunters who seek to learn from his experience. Thus as more hunters came to him, Kokoto Village formed. The Hero of Kokoto took the title as Chief of the village a title he holds to this day. It was in Kokoto that some of the earliest pupils of the Chief formed Hunters Guild and codified its laws in order to unite hunters under the common goal of maintaining a healthy population within the wildlife of the kingdom while keeping the people and beasts of kingdom in harmony with each other. Now the village of Kokoto remains one of the main hubs for the Hunters Guild and there main headquarters can be found here.

Yukumo: The town of Yukumo is a town found where the volcanic region and lush rain forests meet. The two wetlands and light volcanic activity in region cause the area to be engulfed in mist, thus giving it the name, the Misty Peaks. Yukumo itself is largely populated by immagrants from Zinpangu amd the Mist Continent. Ryu and Shirohebi have a large population here as well as lizardmen who follow the Bushido code and non reptilian mamono from Zinpangu amd the Mist Continent such as Hinezumi and Neko-mata. It is also home to a clan of Kunoichi who have tacken to giving lessons on the ninja arts and frequently work with maid geckoes to train women and mamono how to be ninja maids. The region is known for its frequent martial art tournaments and even more well known for its soothing hot springs. It is also a main hub for the Hunters Guild.

Pokke Village: Pokke Village is a town built in the Snowy Mountains. While there is no place in the kingdom that can be considered to have a tundra or arctic climate, the altitude of the mountains renders the temperature easily comparable to such regions and thus the region is covered in snow all year round. Pokke is situated lower on the mountains so that farming remains possible but its still remains possible but it is still colder there than any other settlement in the kingdom. Pokke is were most of the Ice Halks are kept and bred as well as one of the main providers of furs for the rest of the kingdom as there is one of the few places where large mammals have a strong population. Still, these mammals remain prey to powerful reptilian beasts, especially the fearsome Tigrex or its mamono counterpart the Tig, who both migrate here frequently to hunt large fatty game. It is also where a number of powerful dragons tend to travel to. Because of this the Hunters Guild has a strong base in order to keep the town safe should any of the predators choose to hunt livestock and farmers instead of wild game. Lately the population of Pokke has grown due to an influx of Yeti Refugees. Pokke also has two notable landmarks, the worlds largest piece of machalite, which can be found unmined and uncut in the town center, a massive sword enshrined in an ice cave near town. The sword was once wielded by a giant warrior who had founded the town and has long since died. The sword itself is far to large for any normal man to use but it is far from useless. The blade crackles with Dragons Blight and when damaged it will regrow as if it were alive. Certain individuals are permitted to mine materials from the sword to make smaller, more manageable weapons that carry the power of Dragons Blight. However, on occasion these weapons take on a life of their own becoming a special type of cursed sword that can generate Dragons Blight as well as act as a normal cursed sword. These blades are called Black Dragon Blades.

The Great Tower Ruins: A massive tower that has long since been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. No one is really sure where the tower had come from, if it had been made by some civilization long ago during the early formation of the kingdom, or if the King himself made it for some purpose (though many believe the King put it there just to confuse people). What ever its original purpose was it no longer serves it and has been claimed by the wilds. The tower itself is large enough to be considered a biome in and of itself and it is filled with wildlife. Most notably is that rare, beautiful, and extremely powerful beasts and mamono frequently live here. Creatures who are powerful enough to strain ecosystems and alter weather conditions with their mere presence. Some of these creatures can not be found anywhere else where as others are the pinnacle of theor race. It is known that annually a large number of extremely powerful wyvernoid and draconic beasts gather at the top of the tower, as if to participate in some kind of meeting. No one knows what goes on during these occasions as no one dares to intrude for fear of suffering the beasts wrath. When questioned about these events all the king ever does is smirk and tell the person that they should stay out of other peoples business.

The Sand Sea: a massive valley of sand in the heart of the Reptile Kingdom desert. The sand is miles deep and supports wide variety of subterranean life making it almost like an ocean. The miles of flatland allow for strong winds to blow in any direction allowing for large sand ships to be used on it. These sand ships have made the Sand Sea one of the best ways to transport goods much the way normal ships do with the ocean and thus many traders use it to move good around the kingdom. Still the Sand Sea is not without its perils, the very same winds that drive the ship also generate powerful sand storms and dust filled tornadoes, and many bandits have tacken residence in the sandy wastes with sand ships of their own, preying up merchant ships on the sands just as pirates do on the high sea. This of course not mentioning the potentially dangerous wild life, most notable of which being the Mohrans.

Val Hadar: The second largest city in the Kingdom, Val Hadar sits on the edge of the Sand Sea closest to the Capitol. It is a center of commerce with roads linking it directly to the Capitol and direct access to the Sand Sea allowing it to move goods back and forth between the Capitol and areas all around the desert. Because of this Val Hadar has become a sort of mixing pot of races and cultures within the Kingdom. It is said that in Val Hadar ypu can find almost anything, and with anything you can't, you can find somebody who can get it. Though it should be noted that while one can find any sort of treasure here, there is also no end to con artists looking to swindle travelers out of their hard earned gold, fortunately though the local Tyrant division keeps the more dangerous criminal elements at bay. While Val Hadar makes most of its money through moving goods from elsewhere, it does have one resource unique to them, the rare minerals mined from the backs of Mohrans and taken from Mohran corpses. They can do this thanks to the Hunters Guild who keeps their fleet of Sand Ships that they use to control the Mohran population. Because of this, the Jhen Mohran has become a symbol for commerce in the region and a pair of Jhen Mohran tusks have been stood up at the gates to the Val Hadar port.

The Reptile Capital: The royal city of the Reptile Kingdom, it is by far the largest city in the kingdom. It is a center of commerce with a road directly linking it to Val Hadar and easy access to areas where growing food is easy. It is also home to the Reptile Kingdom University which is known for having the best mad science division in the world. Situated near the city is the Reptile Castle which serves as home to the Reptile King himself and with a rather large staff running it, the castle can be seen as a town in and of itself. In the center of the Capital is the Daimon Spire, a massive device that syphons Demonic Energy from around the kingdom preventing it from changing regions of the kingdom into demon realms.

Dragons End: Dragons End is a grin and foreboding place. It also reffered to as the Dragons Graveyard and as the Valley of Bones. It is one of many regions dubbed a Dragons graveyard and is among the largest and oldest. Dragons End is a large valley where draconic and Tyrannic mamono and beasts come to die. They have been doing this since time immemorial and it has resulted in a land where a person cannot take a single step without stepping on the bones of a long dead dragon. Throughout the valley are hundreds of caves connecting to the sea and to underground lakes and caverns, all of which are similarly filled with bones. As can be expected it is home to many Zombie Dragons and Skeleton Dragons, however it is empty of necromancers and grave robbers despite the ample materials and valuable dragons bone to harvest. This is because of the mysterious guardians of Dragons End, a terrifying beast that hunts down those foolish enough to disrespect the final resting place of dragons and encase them in the bones they so desired to exploit.

The Gate Way Triangle: The Gate Way Triangle is a triangular patch of water found in the Reptile Inland Sea. It acts as a gate way to six similar triangular patches of water found scattered across the oceans in the physical realm. It was created by the Reptile King so that Reptile Kingdom sailors can use them to travel back and fourth between different ports around the world. However the gateway points are often feared by travelers from outside of the kingdom, often referred to as a dragons triangle or sea of devils. This is because that ships that cross into them can accidentally travel to the Reptile Kingdom and those who do rarely ever return, either the sailors are claimed by the mamono of the Reptile Kingdom or the ship is destroyed by the mighty oceanic beasts who dwell within the kingdom. Occasionally one of the said mamono or beasts may come out of these triangles further increasing their infamy, though Poseidon frequent sends them back before they cause a problem.

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