Elleronn Hills
Pronunciation: ELLA-ron
Map Index: E4
Location: Northeast coast of Beorlan
Geography: The hills of Elleronn rise steeply up from the undulating grasslands of Vhoon. Vegetated by tall grasses and scrubby shrubs, a few short trees grow in gullies and low areas where scarce rainfall collects.
Primary Population: Kitsune
Secondary Population: Ranfaroth
Minor Population: Garuun
Climate: The Elleronn Hills experience a temperate climate marked by cool, moist winters and hot, arid summers. Spring brings a burst of wildflowers, flourishing in the ample rainfall. The grasses, shrubs, and trees grow vigorously while ample moisture still exists. The frequent spring rains fade away to be replaced sunny skies and dry weather. Streams begin to dry up, and the land becomes parched. With the full arrival of summer, the land becomes parched, and many plants respond by going dormant. Fall brings relief with storms full of revitalizing rainfall.
Wildlife: Vhoon's diverse wildlife features tenacious species adapted to the region's extremes. Among the animals found here are antelopes, gazelles, leopards, jackals, and hyenas.
Humanoids: This wild untamed land serves as a refuge to tribes of gnolls and Kitsune. Both of these races were once human before being corrupted by the Chaos Storms of the Great Cataclysm. The gnolls, residing in small walled villages of crude huts with subterranean chambers, survive as semi-primitive nomadic hunter-gatherers. Several times a year as game becomes scarce due to overhunting, they migrate to new locations. Lacking the knowledge and skill to work with metals, the gnolls primarily rely on obsidian gathered in eastern Vhoon to make their weapons. However, some members of the tribe possess metal weapons and armor that they acquired as spoils of war.
The Kitsune, a shape-changing race of fox-like humanoids, live in fortified underground dens. Three separate Kitsune tribes call these hills home. These tribes also lack the ability to work metals. They rely on traps and warning signs to ward their dwellings from dangers.
Monsters: The common monsters found in the Elleronn Hills consist of ankhegs, packs of worgs, and small tribes of wereboar and werebear.
History: The tragic history of the Elleronn Hills unfolded during the Great Cataclysm, when immense seismic upheavals and Chaos Storms devastated the Kingdom of Korune. While only a fraction of the land sank beneath the sea, the people suffered irreversible changes from their exposure to the Chaos Storms. The storms transformed most of the population into the hyena-like humanoids known as gnolls and the rest into the half human, half fox beings known as Kitsune. Over the 1200 years since the Great Cataclysm, the transformed populations have lost almost all memory of their former existence. They live today as humanoids with only a few vague legends of their former civilized human heritage, which most of the population does not believe.
Today: The Elleronn Hills are avoided by most outsiders, who claim they are a source of rampant lycanthropy. But, of course, the changes made to the former humans were caused by Chaos Storms: they are not infectious.
Map Index: E4
Location: Northeast coast of Beorlan
Geography: The hills of Elleronn rise steeply up from the undulating grasslands of Vhoon. Vegetated by tall grasses and scrubby shrubs, a few short trees grow in gullies and low areas where scarce rainfall collects.
Primary Population: Kitsune
Secondary Population: Ranfaroth
Minor Population: Garuun
Climate: The Elleronn Hills experience a temperate climate marked by cool, moist winters and hot, arid summers. Spring brings a burst of wildflowers, flourishing in the ample rainfall. The grasses, shrubs, and trees grow vigorously while ample moisture still exists. The frequent spring rains fade away to be replaced sunny skies and dry weather. Streams begin to dry up, and the land becomes parched. With the full arrival of summer, the land becomes parched, and many plants respond by going dormant. Fall brings relief with storms full of revitalizing rainfall.
Wildlife: Vhoon's diverse wildlife features tenacious species adapted to the region's extremes. Among the animals found here are antelopes, gazelles, leopards, jackals, and hyenas.
Humanoids: This wild untamed land serves as a refuge to tribes of gnolls and Kitsune. Both of these races were once human before being corrupted by the Chaos Storms of the Great Cataclysm. The gnolls, residing in small walled villages of crude huts with subterranean chambers, survive as semi-primitive nomadic hunter-gatherers. Several times a year as game becomes scarce due to overhunting, they migrate to new locations. Lacking the knowledge and skill to work with metals, the gnolls primarily rely on obsidian gathered in eastern Vhoon to make their weapons. However, some members of the tribe possess metal weapons and armor that they acquired as spoils of war.
The Kitsune, a shape-changing race of fox-like humanoids, live in fortified underground dens. Three separate Kitsune tribes call these hills home. These tribes also lack the ability to work metals. They rely on traps and warning signs to ward their dwellings from dangers.
Monsters: The common monsters found in the Elleronn Hills consist of ankhegs, packs of worgs, and small tribes of wereboar and werebear.
History: The tragic history of the Elleronn Hills unfolded during the Great Cataclysm, when immense seismic upheavals and Chaos Storms devastated the Kingdom of Korune. While only a fraction of the land sank beneath the sea, the people suffered irreversible changes from their exposure to the Chaos Storms. The storms transformed most of the population into the hyena-like humanoids known as gnolls and the rest into the half human, half fox beings known as Kitsune. Over the 1200 years since the Great Cataclysm, the transformed populations have lost almost all memory of their former existence. They live today as humanoids with only a few vague legends of their former civilized human heritage, which most of the population does not believe.
Today: The Elleronn Hills are avoided by most outsiders, who claim they are a source of rampant lycanthropy. But, of course, the changes made to the former humans were caused by Chaos Storms: they are not infectious.