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==The Northern Confederacies== | ==The Northern Confederacies== | ||
''There can be little doubt that our final resting place will be within the jungles of the north; the trees I saw there, and the darkness beneath them, could swallow any city.'' | ''There can be little doubt that our final resting place will be within the jungles of the north; the trees I saw there, and the darkness beneath them, could swallow any city.'' | ||
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| + | -Shamur Dagta, Explorer | ||
''Passions of an old and peculiar character suffuse that distant place; we conclude too soon all its books are written in faded ink, forgetting old blood dries brown.'' | ''Passions of an old and peculiar character suffuse that distant place; we conclude too soon all its books are written in faded ink, forgetting old blood dries brown.'' | ||
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=====Overview===== | =====Overview===== | ||
''Excerpt from "Flora and Fauna of The Northern Confederacies", Fourth Edition, Imperial Press'' | ''Excerpt from "Flora and Fauna of The Northern Confederacies", Fourth Edition, Imperial Press'' | ||
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...In at least one case, in the accurately if not poetically named Sand Waterfall library of Llodan, the problem of patrons besotted with what locals coquettishly refer to only as ''The Red Leaf'' became so severe that a blanket ban was instituted, ending in the death by sword wound of the then-curator at the hands of a vengeful addict. The cycle of recriminations thus provoked, however, was sufficient to provoke, of itself, a downturn in the number of persons who felt they could risk intoxication, ironically achieving the ends prohibition could not. | ...In at least one case, in the accurately if not poetically named Sand Waterfall library of Llodan, the problem of patrons besotted with what locals coquettishly refer to only as ''The Red Leaf'' became so severe that a blanket ban was instituted, ending in the death by sword wound of the then-curator at the hands of a vengeful addict. The cycle of recriminations thus provoked, however, was sufficient to provoke, of itself, a downturn in the number of persons who felt they could risk intoxication, ironically achieving the ends prohibition could not. | ||
