Old Kartong – The Untamed City

LocationOld Kartong rises in the central wastelands of Zhuru, east of the Yorozhian Hell Desert and south of the Crater Sea. Its position at the throat of caravan routes makes it impossible to ignore. Merchants, raiders, smugglers—all who cross the desert or skirt the sea must pass near Kartong’s shadow. Overview On a land that …

The Kartonga – The Wastes of Old Kartong

The Kartonga is a wound within Zhuru, a land so dry and desolate it rivals the worst of the world’s deserts. The ground is scarred with craters, the sky forever hazed with dust. At its heart looms Old Kartong, the spire-city, a jagged fang of stone carved into impossible angles. No one agrees whether it …

On The Ages Of Thanator

The Height of Civilization Of the first and second ages before the Cataclysm, nothing certain is known. What remains are fragments: whispers of empires so vast they reached between worlds, whose towers rose like frozen lightning from the jungle, whose bridges spanned not miles but continents. They crossed oceans on wings of crystal and filled …

LORE: Equine Culture of Zhuru

The equine tribes of Zhuru defy simple categories. Each tribe is vast, numbering in the hundreds, splintered into clans that may feud bitterly yet rally in unison when their livelihood is threatened. The wide grasslands make them wanderers, but they are not drifters. They are caravaneers, mercenaries, merchants, and memory-keepers—a people who have turned the …