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A region steeped in jungle with influences from South Asia as well as Central America, though the naming scheme is Greek.

Description

Overgrown as though lost and forgotten, this region boasts a lot of green and a humid climate and massive ruined temple-like structures barely a shadow of their former selves. Mostly jungle in nature, there is a section of swamp and Prasino Kolaz is bordered in the east by the ocean, enjoying one of the more picturesque beaches.

Seasons Observed

Spring / Summer: Rainy and humid, can get unbearable for non residents.

Fall / Winter: Temperatures drop gradually and the humidity in the air crisps strangely to form a frosted fringe on leaves and a crunch to the underfoot. This is more likely the closer to Otkrytoye Polotno's mountain range. Everything is heavier, sluggish.

History

Once a booming civilization like the rest of The Tapestry, this area barely recovered from the events 300 years ago when their Maestro had become one of the corrupted Virtuosos.

Barely any records exist of Prasino as it used to be in its glory days, and those that do are scattered to the four great winds. They are stored in family attics and basements, or lost in libraries from those who fled a near genocide of the people of Prasino, then known as Ysteria. It is said that Meizarae, once their nurturing protector and benefactor, turned on her people when she became corrupted. Rather than bringing peace of mind and life to her domain, she instead wrought chaos and terror to such levels that those even in her greater vicinity began killing themselves to escape it. The people and the culture were never properly recovered even after Battaglia came in and set things proper 300 years ago.

For a time it was under control of a healer's guild, Elysion. Certain pieces of the economy still remain as farmers continue to make sense of their lush landscape, surviving by the rest of The Tapestry's desire and need of the beneficial flora they produce.

After the return of Meizarae in 2018, Elysion disbanded and the jungle is wild again, with exception of the small populations dotted through the jungle.

People & Society

Population

• ~<100
• Anthros and Shifters majority

Languages:

• Skaldic (Trade Common)
• Ossian (Hindi)
• (Spanish)
• (Nahuatl)
• Ysterian (Greek)

Culture & Customs

Fashion

Clothing varies greatly across the jungle depending on the needs and preferences of the various tribes, but largely consist of things that can be obtained from within the area. This means you are unlikely to get a lot in the way of fancy things that would be popular with the rich of Inizio, for example, but a lot more in the way of creative uses for fur, leather, feather, and plant fiber, similar to their frozen neighbors who rely on similar limitations.

Ceremonial

In the deep past during the time of Ysteria: Meizarae received a set of layered robes, sari's, and veils to match her normal style imported from other lands, likely a gift from Cecily and Berenice so she could look the "part". This style continues today for extremely precious moments like marriages and visiting other nations, but is otherwise almost never seen by Prasino natives, largely due to their active lifestyle navigating overgrowth.

Life Events

Any special traditions for births, marriages, and coming-of-age vary greatly across the various tribes.

In Ysterian times they turned to the trees to mark the occasions. A birth is the planting of a seed or sapling, a marriage is the weaving of two saplings into one, and a death is the removal of a tree to be used in the communal fire, but these traditions are largely unused and forgotten these days as fewer tribes persist in place and registered guilds would add their own expectations. Some tribes do not even celebrate these things.

Burial Rites

Death in the Tapestry is nearly always dealt in a month long ceremony. Prasino Kolaz is home to many secluded tribal and nomadic set ups that each have developed their own tweaks to the methods based on their area of operation. Still, commonly the final act upon the body after the lengthy wake are either submerging in the peat of the wetlands, fire pyre, or sinking by fire pyre into the ocean. In some more extreme cases, cannibalism is not unheard of.

With the body are minimal adornments, sending it off with beads made from rolling strips of parchment that had been written on with well-wishes for the next iteration, maybe expressions of love that were unsaid, and so on. These beads are preserved by a light coating of sap and in the cases of the cannibalism, are devoured as well.

Religion

• Skaldic (Primary)
• Nature-based (Secondary, combined)
• Virtuoso of Misery (Former Primary)

Economy

Prasino Kolaz's economy is very weak despite having a number of popular items. This may be due to the lack of people, or the difficulty of getting these items to the rest of the tapestry.

Main Exports

• Medicine
• Exotic oils, fragrances, incense
• Coffee beans
• Feathered Raptors (Mounts)

Places of Note

Elysion / Ysteria's Throne

Taking hold of the decaying ruins of a grand castle or temple. With hard work and dedication the healers have expanded the usable rooms for their needs but purposely choose to leave the front most overgrowth and ruin as it is, in part for aesthetics and reminder of what they do-- preventing more civilizations from falling so immediately. This does make the entrance a little hard to find, which is remedied by the guidance of posted banners of the guild.

Deeper into the glorified guild hall the place takes better shape: Floor tiles are even, things feel less likely to fall on you in the event of a disaster. There's a functioning but small kitchen designed to feed the small crew that takes residence there.

July 2018: The ruins that Elysion had tried to revitalize turned out to be the site of former Ysteria, the hold of former Maestro-turned-Virtuoso. The battle left the ruins in a worse state, unlikely to be able to be used unless cleared away and built from the ground up.

Other Ruins of Ysteria

There are remnants of fallen buildings similar to that of the style that the ruins Elysion harbored scattered throughout the jungle, usually single roomed temples dedicated to a service no longer provided, or taken over by some sort of fauna that the locals would deem sacred.

Akatastasia

A thick and expansive jungle with a myriad of unique flora and fauna found only in the region. Small surviving settlements from the region's past can be found, keeping the economy of their exports going. The feathered raptors that are farmed as mounts are popular in Inizio D'Oro, costing a pretty coin, but there are others that could be found on commission.

Krymmeni Pisina

A large hole in the ground reveals an underground spring-fed lake. Stairs down to a dock has been built for easier return to the jungle after a daredevil dive.