Vanjuhal

Geography

Vañujal is a vast expanse of thriving jungles, crystalline rivers, rolling hill-farms, and ancient sacred groves. Stretching across much of Rahmori’s sun-blessed belt, its central rootbed is visible from the stars: a convergence of natural leylines shaped like a pulsing flower.

There are no harsh boundaries—only living edges, where tree, soil, and stone shift softly over time with the balance of the land. Floating pollen-lights and vine-lattice bridges weave entire regions together.

The land is not just alive—it’s sentient. Many believe Tamash itself breathes through Vañujal’s cycles. Trees shift subtly to shade migratory animals; flowers close at night to protect their inner pulse.

Most creatures and plants exist in sacred symbiosis—predation is rare, and cycles of death are celebrated as life transitions.

The year in Vañujal flows through Bloom, Wilt, Rebirth, and Stillness. Crops rise and fall in sync with celestial movements, and healers use these phases to teach balance and transformation.

During Wilt, it is customary to bury written regrets in biodegradable scrolls to return them to the land.

Localized Phenomena

• Soulroots – Trees whose roots store ancestral memory; used in soul-weaving rituals
• Whispering Fungi – Bioluminescent mushrooms that glow in response to life energy
• Rain of Reclamation – Healing rains that return after ritual renewal; said to accelerate growth by years in hours

Climate

Temperate and eternally fertile. Rains are common but gentle. Nights are misty and warm. Temperature and season shift in balance with the land’s spiritual state, not predictable calendars.

Flora & Fauna

• Tamari Blooms – Large spiral-petaled flowers used in fertility rites
• Reverent Stags – Life-aligned animals seen as omens of healthy land
• Green Wyrms – Vine-bodied serpents that whisper in the voices of elders
• Tashi Trees – Sentient trees that allow certain ide to “listen to the soil”

Natural Resources

• Life-ink from Tamari vines
• Fertile ash from ritual burn cycles
• Regenerative spores
• Tamari essence (soul-soil infusion used in sacred growth magick)

Vañujal was the first land to create a rotating Elder Circle, based not on bloodline but on spiritual maturity and service to the land. Its ide practiced soil-based divination, dream-gardening, and blood-memory interweaving—a process of remembering ancestral roles by merging with sacred plants.

During the rise of the Council, Vañujal remained largely untouched due to its diplomatic neutrality and the difficulty of invading a land that actively resists intrusion. Stories tell of roots tangling invaders, vines that whispered warnings, and beasts born of the soil.

Though some outer edges were affected, the heart of Vañujal remains strong—one of the last unbroken elemental sanctuaries.

Pilgrims, seekers, and soul-wounded travelers come here for restoration and rebirth. Only after being accepted by a local Verdant Guide may one enter the core groves.

Tourists leave behind their shoes and names—taking only new life, memories, and seeds.