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Widespread merchant dynasty. Bunny people. Has a shop in every town, items vary due to availability and local needs. The Burrows, typically has a shovel included in their decorations. They prefer subteranean structues whenever possible but also have several ships (which typically have a layer of topsoil packed onto their deck) they are known widely for being fair in their dealings and

Holoplant, biomechanical plant that displays holograms. A biomechanical growth that tends to congregate in old ruins where sources of electricity are available. This plant will typically use a variety of specialized organs to record sounds and and images and typically plays them at random. People who are skilled in the use of certain kinds of machinery can harvest elements of this plant and use them as substitutes to proper mechanical parts.

Book Plant, plant that grows books. Bookstalks.. a woody plantlike growth, technically more like a fungus? When harvesting and properly cured they natually divide into smooth layers that are bound along internal divisions. Easily bound with leather or fabric to protect the edges. Books are all naturally D shaped, following the natural growth even when cheap knockoff books made from rag and fiber paper are produced?

Pirates operate out of Shipwreck, are led by pirate council. 6 pirate queens 6 pirate kings etc. roughly equal distribution along the seduction, force, and tech routes.

1 Dojo Ship roams the area and hunts violent sea life, Krackens etc. Crew are recruited from all over The Blue and the ship uses a variety of energy weapons and fireworks cannons.

The Verge, island full of monsters and the occasional treasure cache, lots of rare stuff like components for armor, weapons, etc taken from monsters. Biomechanical plants and animals maybe? Tribals who use biomechanical plants to supplement machinery? Island coated in out of control biotech? Eh, worry about it later.

Boats made from salvaged Bus Chassis and similar vehicles are fairly common in this region, as are pieces of cars and motorcycles used to make things. In fact cars salvaged from the 'way are used to make lots of things, buildings, vehicles, etc.

Crops of Rimtown:
Strangle Kelp: Kudzu meets seaweed, when dried serves as an excellent source of fibers for cloth or rope. Typically the plant will cover a surface like a rock or a building with a vine like structure and then extend stems towards the surface that can reach miles in length.

Blue Kelp: A strain of seaweed that serves as a basis for wine and fuel, it's usually fermented with fresh water and many people drink Blue Kelp Wine or burn Blue Kelp Fuel. Blue kelp usually roots itself in the seafloor can can extend it's stem for miles up to the surface.

Brineberries: a type of underwater plant that tends to collect on rocks near the surface. It looks like something between a berry bush and a piece of seaweed. Typically the plant clings to rocks via powerful roots and has the berries collect at the base of the stem. The Stems in question extend for roughly 1 foot, 3 or four feet at most. The berries in question usually contain a salty gelatinous substance that serves as a food source for many animals. These berries also contain the seeds of the plant, typically the berries are harvested, mashed, and used as a source of bouillon, the seeds are typically baked and served as snacks. (in much the same manner as sunflower seeds)

Walking Palm Coconuts: Walking Palms are like most tropical palm trees seen in the modern era, however unlike modern palms their root system can be used as a form of locomotion, they average up to 30 miles a day on their own. Their coconuts bear no notable differences to modern coconuts.

Livestock of Rimtown:

Seacows: Manatees with amphibious traits (much like lactating seals) have external teats but milk production organs are mostly internal

Crabs: many different kinds of crabs, varying in size from one's thumbnail to the occasional 1 ton monster

Inkers: clever cephalopods kept for their ink and meat

SweetJellies: Like jellyfish, only when caught and crushed fresh they make a sweet, slightly salty jelly. Comes in many flavors.

Skitterbugs: shrimp that vary in size from 1 centimeter long to 30 centimeters

Squawkers: Flying rats. Seagulls, Pigeons, Crows, all with tropical plumage. Generally seen a nuisance that needs to be exterminated or driven off. Occasionally a source of food.

Twitters: Small birds, Sparrows, Finches etc, all with tropical plumage, regarded as a minor nuisance and occasionally kept as pets.

Speakers: Parrots, Ravens, Parakeets etc, speaking birds, sometimes kept as pets.

Waddlers: Penguins of varying species and physical build ranging in size from rats to 1 ton monsters.

Electrolotls: Giant Amphibious Axlotl's that can sense electricity, range in size from rats to mounts.



Silver Mountain Crops:

Red Limes: A type of lime taken not from a tree but a kind of thorny bush.

Marash Cherries: Cherries the size of apples that are taken from a kind of salt resistant tree.

Tangle Tubers: Large root systems similar to potatoes in flavor, but instead of a plant with a single large masswith roots spreading from it it's greenery spreads over the ground much like an Ivy and it's roots reach a thickness similar to a person's arm and it's root system can spread for miles.

Barkpples: A tree that resembles a palm, it's bark is covered with large nodules and rings which contain a sweet fleshy pulp that also contains seeds. Typically this pulp is harvested and dried or used in various dishes and for production of liquer.

Gello Fruits: Trees which produce large globular fruits full of gellatinous fluid and seeds, the fruits themselves have little flavour though do serve as an excellent source of water for ships since their robust rind resists the elements for months at a time.

Livestock of Silver Mountain:

Fuzzcrawler: Giant fuzzy caterpillar like animals. Beige fleshy bodies, lots of silky fur that covers their back. Will shed the fur if fed certain herbs allowing canny Kemons to collect and sell them.

Chitterlings: Lobsters basically, their shells are opalescent so they make great jewelry.

Chittersnaps: Fully grown chitterlings, 5 feet long, 3 feet wide. Claws can break bone. Hunted occasionally but usually avoided due to the dangers involved in making a kill.

Sourblasters: burrowing insectoid critter, typically 3 feet long and a 6 inches wide. has roughly 3 dozen legs and long whippish tails that it uses to spray vinegar at attackers. Usually harvested for cooking vinegar.

Crabs: many different kinds of crabs, varying in size from one's thumbnail to the occasional 1 ton monster

Skitterbugs: shrimp that vary in size from 1 centimeter long to 30 centimeters

Squawkers: Flying rats. Seagulls, Pigeons, Crows, all with tropical plumage. Generally seen a nuisance that needs to be exterminated or driven off. Occasionally a source of food.

Twitters: Small birds, Sparrows, Finches etc, all with tropical plumage, regarded as a minor nuisance and occasionally kept as pets.

Speakers: Parrots, Ravens, Parakeets etc, speaking birds, sometimes kept as pets.

Waddlers: Penguins of varying species and physical build ranging in size from rats to 1 ton monsters.

Electrolotls: Giant Amphibious Axlotl's that can sense electricity, range in size from rats to mounts.


The 'Way Crops

Tanglevine: somewhere inbetween grass and a vine, it's often used to strengthen boat hulls or house structures. A tough, salt resistant plant that works its way into every crevice of a structure and acts as a sort of shell that protects and holds its host structure together. Will actually be weakened and killed by saltwater.

Glimmerglow: A type of plant that grows a long stem, eventually bulubous warts full of bioluminscent bacteria form along the stem. Often used as lamps or streetlights.

Dream Weed: Hemp basically, used for ropes, cloth, and hash.

Book Fungus: Fungus that naturall grows a sort of paper and book shape, spine work must be done by people attempting to make books.

Night Stalks: A type of fungus that grows in stright stalks, usually given rotten fish or similar biodegradable matter as a fertilizer and soil replacement. Used to make flour and all manner of other food stuffs.

Bubblevine: a type of vine with two stages in it's lifecycle. First the vine climbs the highest structure, then large ballons made of fibrous material form, fill with hydrogen gas and float off. As the ballons float around the Blue they drop seeds that fall to earth and later grow into vines. Typically used as a source of fuel and a decoration.

Livestock of the 'Way:

Raydudes: Large colorful mantarays that are used as mounts and kept as pets much like dogs.

Croakers: Large froglike amphibians that tend to make homes out of slime and shed skin on the underside of piers and docks. Hunted for their meat and eggs.

Inkers: clever cephalopods kept for their ink and meat

SweetJellies: Like jellyfish, only when caught and crushed fresh they make a sweet, slightly salty jelly. Comes in many flavors.

Crabs: many different kinds of crabs, varying in size from one's thumbnail to the occasional 1 ton monster

Skitterbugs: shrimp that vary in size from 1 centimeter long to 30 centimeters

Squawkers: Flying rats. Seagulls, Pigeons, Crows, all with tropical plumage. Generally seen a nuisance that needs to be exterminated or driven off. Occasionally a source of food.

Twitters: Small birds, Sparrows, Finches etc, all with tropical plumage, regarded as a minor nuisance and occasionally kept as pets.

Speakers: Parrots, Ravens, Parakeets etc, speaking birds, sometimes kept as pets.

Waddlers: Penguins of varying species and physical build ranging in size from rats to 1 ton monsters.

Electrolotls: Giant Amphibious Axlotl's that can sense electricity, range in size from rats to mounts.


The Shiny Hunters: A loose affiliation of moster hunters, treasure finders, and the odd tech head. Does various odd jobs around the area, not a global affiliation.

The Verge:

Shipwreck: A town made, quite literally of wrecked ships lashed to a handful of skyscrapers.

Sunset Reef: