The Têlës-oni Grasslands (/ˈoni/ Têlës the Orphan's [Proper Noun (name of person)] [orphan]) are a group of subtropical grassland on the coast of the Upper Warding Range region. Têlës-oni Grasslands are a relatively typical grassland for Upper Warding Range, as well as Eyom as a whole.
The Têlës-oni Grasslands has a yearly average temperature of 17°C (62°F), with its average temperature during the summer being a pleasant 25°C (77°F) and its average temperature during the winter being a cold 10°C (50°F). The Têlës-oni Grasslands receives an average of 74 cm/y (29 in/y) of precipitation, most of which comes in the form of rain during the spring. The Têlës-oni Grasslands covers an area of nearly 7464 km2 (4638 mi2), and an average elevation of 5660 m (18569 ft) above sea level.
The Têlës-oni Grasslands are home to a large number of different species with their population figures resting somewhat below average for a subtropical grassland, and a modest number of species with their population figures typically above average for a subtropical grassland. The keystone species of Têlës-oni Grasslands are as follows:
The Têlës-oni Grasslands has an MDI of 1, which is nominally safer than the Homeland. The Têlës-oni Grasslands, 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 Têlës-oni Grasslands are:
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 Têlës-oni Grasslands are home to 275202 people. They break down into the following demographics: 64% Wood Elves, 15% Goblins, 6% Iron Elves, 9% Elf, 4% Tanuki, and ~2% Other.
The Têlës-oni Grasslands are's peoples are culturally Wood Elven, but have their local customs and traditions. Their shared values and traditions include building things in service of their posterity and personal indulgence and luxuriant pleasure, as well as a unique folk festival and a theater festival.
The Wood Elf subculture native to the Têlës-oni Grasslands are noticably much bigger and bulkier than neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Wood Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of role or class-specific clothing items and base their sence of individual idenity on voluntary mutual-assistance brotherhoods. They also place greater cultural emphasus on subtlety and indirectness of action and filial devotion to family and parents.
The Goblin subculture native to the Têlës-oni Grasslands are noticably much bigger and bulkier than neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Wood Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of role or class-specific clothing items and base their sence of individual idenity on regional and province-based identity. They also place greater cultural emphasus on societal or ethnic superiority over all outsiders and aesthetic beauty in material goods and architecture.
The Iron Elf subculture native to the Têlës-oni Grasslands are noticably same height and weight as the neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Wood Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of culturally-significant jewelry or accessories and base their sence of individual idenity on lineages based on ancient hero-ancestors. They also place greater cultural emphasus on membership in an elite bloodline or caste and social progress toward some eventual utopia.
The Elf subculture native to the Têlës-oni Grasslands are noticably same height and weight as the neighbors. While they follow the broader tennents of Wood Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of painted skin markings that sometimes change and base their sence of individual idenity on dynastic lineages with cadet branches. They also place greater cultural emphasus on honesty and truthfulness in speech and personal indulgence and luxuriant pleasure.
The Tanuki subculture native to the Têlës-oni Grasslands are noticably either short and stocky or tall and slender. While they follow the broader tennents of Wood Elf culture, they have diffrenciated themselves by adopting a tradition of socially-meaningful animal motif items and base their sence of individual idenity on hereditary loyalty to a political group. They also place greater cultural emphasus on ascetic unworldliness and pious poverty and piety and devotion to the gods.
The Têlës-oni Grasslands are overseen by Potentate Nintuna Goibnis Menos, a god serving within Labdsism, the region's principal religion. Approximately 22% of the population self-report as devout. The Têlës-oni Grasslands is overflowing with shrines and holy sites, with most noteworthy divines having one or more shrines in any location relevant to their portfolio.
The Têlës-oni Grasslands has an Imperial Development Index of 43. For the reference of Eyom's native peoples, a IDI of 43 means there are 43 locations within the Têlës-oni Grasslands which the Empire can securely and regularly transport materials and personnel..
As a courtesy for scholars and agents, the Têlës-oni Grasslands is rated C1 by Eyom’s banks. Business ventures within the Têlës-oni Grasslands are expected to return market rate at the lowest risk.
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