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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The isle of '''New Hope''' is located just southwest of the sunken [[city]] of [[Shallam]]. Along the northern coast of the island lies a small village founded a short time before the fall of the [[Seleucarian Empire]]. Fruit orchards lie to the east of the area and a path on the western side of the island leads up to a | The isle of '''New Hope''' is located just southwest of the sunken [[city]] of [[Shallam]]. Along the northern coast of the island lies a small village founded a short time before the fall of the [[Seleucarian Empire]]. Fruit orchards lie to the east of the area and a path on the western side of the island leads up to a mountain of rocky hillsides and grassy plains. Along the southern side of the mountain a narrow passage leads down an [[oceans|ocean]] cliff to perilous rocks, choppy waters, and crashing waves. Also on the mountain is a small network of caves that leads to a dark grotto. | ||
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Playful fishing dogs can be found romping and capering both upon the tropical beach and in the village upon the island. Fruit orchards grow on the eastern side of the island and produce fruits such as round breadfruit, sugar apples, guava fruit, persimmons, purple passionfruit, large plantains, and juicy oranges. Among the fruit-bearing perennials [[myrrh]] bushes, [[ginseng]] plants, wild [[ginger]] plants, [[lobelia]] wildflowers, red [[elm]] trees, and [[echinacea|purple coneflowers]] can be found growing in abundance. | Playful fishing dogs can be found romping and capering both upon the tropical beach and in the village upon the island. Fruit orchards grow on the eastern side of the island and produce fruits such as round breadfruit, sugar apples, guava fruit, persimmons, purple passionfruit, large plantains, and juicy oranges. Among the fruit-bearing perennials [[myrrh]] bushes, [[ginseng]] plants, wild [[ginger]] plants, [[lobelia]] wildflowers, red [[elm]] trees, and [[echinacea|purple coneflowers]] can be found growing in abundance. | ||
The | The [[Mount Luth|mountain]] above the village is home to several species of animals and types of plants and can be found in their respective landforms. On a rocky hillside that offers panoramic views of the village, sleek silver panthers prowl about the ready to pounce anything that moves amidst the [[bayberry]] trees and [[hawthorn]] plants growing in the area. The hills lead to a series of grassy plains and shallow depressions where baboons, mazaran horses, and feral dogs make their home among [[lady's slipper]] plants and [[goldenseal]] flowers. | ||
An obsidian cave on the island is home to dozens of black [[bats]] and Sirawyn, the fallen priestess. [[Irid moss]] and [[bloodroot]] plants flourish in the damp atmosphere of this subterranean den. | An obsidian cave on the island is home to dozens of black [[bats]] and Sirawyn, the fallen priestess. [[Irid moss]] and [[bloodroot]] plants flourish in the damp atmosphere of this subterranean den. | ||