Nël Kizzë Forest

Nël Kizzë Forest

Nël Kizzë Forest
Example forest terrain
Area5358 km2 (3330 mi2)
Average Yearly Temp2°C (35°F)
Average Elevation3384 m (11102 ft)
Average Yearly Precipitation275 cm/y (108 in/y)
Population3245541
Rural Pop183244
Urban Pop3062297
MDI1
Naming
Native nameNël Kizzë Forest
Pronunciation/nɛl/ /ˈcizzɛ/
Direct Translation[bad] [owl]
TranslationHornedowl Forest

The Nël Kizzë Forest (/nɛl/ /ˈcizzɛ/ Hornedowl [bad] [owl]) is a subtropical forest within the temperate rainforest of the Stalfijord region. The Nël Kizzë Forest is the political heartlands of the City-state of Shayeli.

Climate

The Nël Kizzë Forest has a yearly average temperature of 2°C (35°F), with its average temperature during the summer being an icy 26°C (78°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cool -22°C (-7°F). The Nël Kizzë Forest receives an average of 275 cm/y (108 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of snow during the pleasantly short winter months. The Nël Kizzë Forest covers an area of nearly 5358 km2 (3330 mi2), and an average elevation of 3384 m (11102 ft) above sea level.

Flora and Fauna

The Nël Kizzë Forest is home to the average number of species with their population figures matching the average for a subtropical forest, and a large number of different species with their population figures matching the average for a subtropical forest. The keystone species of Nël Kizzë Forest are as follows:




Monstrous Creatures

The Nël Kizzë Forest has an MDI of 1, which is nominally safer than the Homeland. The Nël Kizzë Forest, therefore, does not offer bounties on monsters, nor is monster insurance required. Travelers are advised to heed warning signs and read any warning brochures provided by local authorities in order to avoid known monster habitats.

The most common monstrous creatures within the Nël Kizzë Forest are:




People and Culture

Imperial Warning: The following section of this document deals with biological race. In deference to the traditions of Eyomic peoples, we have foregone town-specific racial census. However, as our culture lacks a taboo for classification of peoples by their biology and such information is highly important for our medical practices amongst other institutions, we have stated the racial demographics of this region. We do not do so to sew the seeds of disunity. We do not do so to belittle or bemoan any group. Such issues are why we use the term 'peoples' rather than races, cultures, or species.

In respect to this universal cultural element, we have split racial classification by culture while keeping the name of each race for our own purposes. Should you see the same race listed more than once in the following section, this is to designate a major cultural division within a race.

The Nël Kizzë Forest is home to 3245541 people. They break down into the following demographics: 58% Gnolls, 20% Kitsune, 7% Taurans, 7% Kobold, 6% Kobold, and ~2% Other.

The Nël Kizzë Forest is's peoples are culturally Gnollish, but have their local customs and traditions. Their shared values and traditions include personal sacrifice for one’s causes or purposes and hardiness and endurance before woes, as well as a unique literary festival and a harvest festival.

Gnoll

The Gnoll subculture native to the Nël Kizzë Forest are noticably either short and stocky or tall and slender. While they follow the broader tennents of Gnoll culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of significant scent or perfume uses and base their sence of individual idenity on patron-client relationships with major figures. They also place greater cultural emphasus on submission to lawful authority and personal development and limit-pushing.

Kitsune

The Kitsune subculture native to the Nël Kizzë Forest are noticably either short and stocky or tall and slender. While they follow the broader tennents of Gnoll culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of piercings, whether minor or elaborate and base their sence of individual idenity on numerous castes of hereditary workers. They also place greater cultural emphasus on personal development and limit-pushing and ascetic unworldliness and pious poverty.

Tauran

The Tauran subculture native to the Nël Kizzë Forest are noticably much bigger and bulkier than neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Gnoll culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of worn weapons, tools or trade implements and base their sence of individual idenity on inheritance of an ancient body modification. They also place greater cultural emphasus on humanistic reason and “rational” religion and restoring some real or imagined glorious past.

Kobold

The Kobold subculture native to the Nël Kizzë Forest are noticably much bigger and bulkier than neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Gnoll culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of color choices with social meaning to them and base their sence of individual idenity on ideological groups or philosophical sects. They also place greater cultural emphasus on membership in an elite bloodline or caste and societal or ethnic superiority over all outsiders.

Kobold

The Kobold subculture native to the Nël Kizzë Forest are noticably smaller and slighter than their neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Gnoll culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of role or class-specific clothing items and base their sence of individual idenity on ethnic membership. They also place greater cultural emphasus on loyalty to one’s friends, family, and own and purging evil and expelling the wicked.

Local Religion

The Nël Kizzë Forest is overseen by Potentate Zuher Iapetora Despoina, a god serving within Way of Ashlin, the region's principal religion. Approximately 28% of the population self-report as devout. The Nël Kizzë Forest is considered underserved by the divines despite shrines in all settled areas.

Settlements and Economy

Nël Kizzë Forest's economy is not reliant on Stalfijord's export of Ice. Nël Kizzë Forest is particularly renound for its arcana industry. It is also has a noteworthy weapons industry. Most notably, the region has a distinct specilization in

The Nël Kizzë Forest has an Imperial Development Index of 42. For the reference of Eyom's native peoples, a IDI of 42 means there are 42 locations within the Nël Kizzë Forest which the Empire can securely and regularly transport materials and personnel..

As a courtesy for scholars and agents, the Nël Kizzë Forest is rated C1 by Eyom’s banks. Business ventures within the Nël Kizzë Forest are expected to return market rate at the lowest risk.



History

History

Points of Interest

POI