Biomes

CIVIL

(Classic)

{reveal "Farmlands"}►[ Biome: Farmlands ][ Type: Plains ][ Main Deity: Civil Pantheon ][ Description: Fertile soil, golden wheat, clear skies. Air smells of life and earth. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Draft Centauride, Sheep, Cow, Chook Harpy. (Other): Various Humanoids, Usually Humans ][ Rival: Great Fields ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Hamlet"}►[ Biome: Hamlet ][ Type: Rural / Pre-Urban ][ Found: Overground Kingdoms (Heartlands, Rarer in Borderlands) ][ Inhabitants (Civil): Humanoids (varies by country). (Monster Girls): Domestic (Cow, Sheep, Chook; Rarely Deyetaurs, Alewives, etc.) ][ Resources: Basic crops, timber, local crafts ][ Rival: Wilderness, Stronghold Biomes, Ruin Biomes ][ Notes: Simple, close-knit rural village. Low trade, easily overlooked. Typically peaceful, but lack of defenses makes them natural targets for raids or outside corruption. Successful hamlets become Palisade Cities. ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Palisade City"}►[ Palisade City ][ Type: Urban ][ Main Deity: Civil Pantheon ][ Description: Rough-hewn stone, timber palisades. Raw, unfinished construction. Air smells of sawdust, mud, hearth-smoke, sweat. A proto-'Walled City.'][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Domesticated (Cow, Sheep, Dog, Cat, etc). Adventurer-types (Certain Harpies, Friendly Mycellians, Insects, etc). (Other): Various dependent culture - Humanoids, Lizardfolk, Pioneers, Militia. ][ Rival: Goblinhold, Demonhold, Fungal Ruins, Vacant Ruins ][ Notes: Young frontier city. Defenses functional but untested. Governance fluctuates: martial law, merchant council, or pioneer democracy based on current threat level/liege if any. Expansion is constant, chaotic. ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Walled City"}►[ Biome: Walled City ][ Type: Urban ][ Main Deity: Civil Pantheon ][ Description: Cobblestones clean. Buildings functional, stone, brick. Air smells of people, trade, hearth-smoke, bakeries. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Domesticated (Cow, Sheep, Dog, Cat, etc), Adventurer-types (Certain Harpies, Friendly Mycellians, Insects, etc). (Other): Various Humanoids, Lizardfolk, etc. ][ Rival: Goblinhold, Demonhold, Fungal Ruins, Vacant Ruins ]{endreveal}

WILD

(Plains)

{reveal "Great Fields"}►[ Biome: Great Fields ][ Type: Plains ][ Main Deity: Wild Pantheon ][ Description: Grass grows tall, sharp, like blades. Animals feral, fecund. Ground is soft, treacherous, hiding sinkholes and traps. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Bestial, Wild Centauride, Plant. (Other): Orcs, Goblinoids, Ogres ][ Rival: Farmlands ]{endreveal}

(Forest)
{reveal "Briarwoods"}►[ Biome: Briarwoods ][ Type: Forest ][ Main Deities: Gloom Crone ][ Description: Trees gnarled, thorned. Ground is soft, loamy, concealing pitfall traps. Flowers bloom large, vibrant, exude hypnotic pollen. Vines animate, strangling. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Plant, Bestial, Dark Fae, Pollen-Corrupted Fae. ][ Others: Goblinoids, Trolls, Ogres ][ Rivals: natural forests, Sylvan Glade ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Sylvan Glade"}►[ Biome: Sylvan Glade ][ Type: Forest ][ Main Deity: Wild Pantheon ][ Description: Tall, ancient trees. Sunlight dapples through leaves. Undergrowth clear. Air fresh, clean. ][ Inhabitants: Dryads, Satyresses, Centaurs, Sylvan Sprites. ][ Rival: Briarwoods, natural forest ]{endreveal}

(Wetlands)

{reveal "Silt-Mires"}►[ Biome: Silt-Mires ][ Type: Wetland, Swamp ][ Main Deities: Gloom Crone ][ Description: Water thick, black, opaque. Silt is soft, grasping, hides treasure. Decay is rapid, fragrant. Constant haze of cloying sweetness. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Slime, Insect, Amphibious. (Other): Goblinoids, Trolls, Hags ][ Rival: Spring Fen ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Spring Fen"}►[ Biome: Spring Fen ][ Type: Wetland, Swamp ][ Main Deity: Lady of Clear Waters ][ Description: Clear water channels flow through rich, diverse plant life. Reeds sway, filtering water. Air is damp, earthy. Naiads dwell in occasional pools. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Snake, Turtle, Insect. (Other): Naiads ][ Rival: Silt-Mires ]{endreveal}

(Mountain)

{reveal "White Peaks"}►[ Biome: White Peaks ][ Type: Mountains ][ Main Deity: Forge-God, Sky Father ][ Description: Snowy peaks, hardy specialist wildlife. Air is thin, cold. Deep inside: Dwarf-Holds. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Roc Girls (typically 1 per range / isolated mountain), Ice-Elementals, Snow Leopards. (Other): Dwarves, Giants, Ogres, Goblinoids ][ Rival: Tainted Peaks ]{endreveal}

(Ruins)

{reveal "Vacant Ruins"}►[ Biome: Vacant Ruins ][ Type: Urban ][ Main Deity: None ][ Description: Collapsed, overgrown, crumbling stone. Nature is reclaiming area. Air smells of dust, decay, wet stone. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls, typically feral) : Slimes, Gargoyles, Mycellians, Plant. (Other): Undead, Ogres, Trolls, various opportunistic humanoids or goblinoids. ][ Rival: Walled City, Goblinhold, Demonhold, Fungal Ruins ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Fungal Ruins"}►[ Biome: Fungal Ruins ][ Type: Urban ][ Main Deity: Funglor or Haze Tyrant ][ Description: Buildings warped, twisted by fungal growths. Air thick, sweet spores. Cobblestones slick with slime. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Mycellians, Slimes, Insectoids. (Other): Ogres, Goblinoids, etc. ][ Rival: Walled City, Goblinhold, Demonhold, Vacant Ruins ]{endreveal}

SUBTERRANEAN

(Caves)
{reveal "Crystal Caverns"}►[ Biome: Crystal Caverns ][ Type: Subterranean/Cavernous ][ Main Deity: Gem Lord][ Description: Massive crystals project pure light, growing slowly over millennia. Air is crisp, cold, clean. Pools of still, pure water form. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Crystal Sprites (hard but brittle, sentient crystal), Earth Elementals (rocky monster girls). (Other): Goblinoids, Dwarfs, Deep Elves, Duergar ][ Rival: mundane cave, Fungal Maw ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Fungal Maw"}►[ Biome: Fungal Maw ][ Type: Subterranean/Cavernous ][ Main Deity: Funglor or Haze Tyrant ][ Description: Bioluminescent fungi produce psychoactive spores. Cave walls secrete nutrient-rich slime. Air is heavy, cloying, sweet. Spores sedative, arousing. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Mycellians (Fungal monster girls, many types both predatory and symbiotic), Cave Slugs (Large pastoralists, covered in viscous aphrodisiac slime) ][ Other: Goblinoids, Dwarfs, Duergar, Deep Elves, Glow-mites. ][ Rival: Crystal Caverns ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Lush Cave"}►[ Biome: Lush Cave ][ Type: Subterranean Jungle ][ Main Deity: Wild Pantheon ][ Description: Cavernous space large enough to support vibrant underground ecosystem. Rich soil floor supports giant glowing mushrooms, twisted trees with gleaming bark, carnivorous plants. Air humid, warm, filled with scent of pollen, damp earth. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Wyrd-Mycellians (if corrupted), various Plant Girls (Floral, Arboreal), Lurid Insect Girls (Moth, Beetle), Agarthan Dracaena. ][ Other: Large burrowing creatures, glowing insects, fungal herds. ][ Rival: Crystal Caverns, Fungal Ruins. ][ Notes: Extremely dangerous due to predatory flora and aggressive fauna. Often source of rare alchemical ingredients. ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Wet Cave"}►[ Biome: Wet Cave ][ Type: Subterranean Aquifer ][ Main Deity: Lady of Clear Waters ][ Description: Perpetually damp cave system. Water drips from stalactites, feeds underground streams. Air cool, heavy with mist, smells of wet stone, clean water. Glowing fungi and algae provide dim, blue-green light. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Cave Slugs (translucent, trail nutritious slime), Naiads, Sea Elves, Amphibious Insect Girls. ][ Other: Blind fish, Cave Shellfish, Bats. ][ Rival: Dry caves, Fungal Maw. ][ Notes: Pools often have restorative properties. Source of clean water in the deep dark. ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Abyss Sea"}►[ Biome: Abyss Sea ][ Type: Subterranean Ocean ][ Main Deity: Elmerelda ][ Description: Vast, lightless ocean deep beneath the earth. Waters are cold, under immense pressure. Geothermal vents create bioluminescent oases. Strange coral forests grow near vents. Currents are powerful, unpredictable. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Abyssal Mermaids (bioluminous, predatory), Angler Girls (lure prey with light), Deep Sirens, Leviathan-Girls (rare). ][ Other: Blind, colossal crustaceans, giant isopods, pressure-resistant fish swarms. ][ Rival: None unique to environment. ][ Notes: Pressure lethal to most surface creatures without magic. Bioluminescent vents only safe zones, often sites of mating rituals for deep-sea life. ]{endreveal}

STRONGHOLD

(Goblin)

{reveal "Gobfarm"}►[ Biome: Gobfarm ][ Type: Plains ][ Main Deity: Goblimedik ][ Description: Soil dark, unnaturally rich. Crops grow with terrifying speed, but taste bitter, metallic. 'Ranch' of thralls for breeding: most goblinettes born here. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Goblinettes, various Thralls. (Other): Goblinoids, various humanoids and other civil races as thralls (usually female), Warhounds ][ Rival: Farmlands, Walled Cities ]{endreveal}

{reveal "Goblinhold"}►[ Biome: Goblinhold ][ Type: Urban ][ Main Deity: Goblimedik. ][ Description: A city transformed into a chaotic nest: Cramped, winding streets. Buildings patched with bone and scrap. Air thick with smoke, rot, sweet fungus, and musk. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Goblinettes, Sometimes Domestic Types (Cow, Sheep, etc.) as thralls, (Other): Goblinoids, Sometimes Ogres, Thralls (of local civil races), Warhounds. ][ Rival: Walled City, Demonhold, Vacant Ruins, Fungal Ruins ]{endreveal}

(Demon)

{reveal "Demonhold"}►[ Biome: Demonhold ][ Type: Urban ][ Main Deity: Demon Mother ][ Description: A city transformed - Blackened stone, ashen wood, crimson water. Demonic sigils. Hagnign cages, ritualistic burnings or 'other' activities. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Succubi, Imp, Blood Oni, Demons in general. etc.. (Other): Cultists and slaves of many races. ][ Rival: Walled City, Goblinhold, Vacant Ruins, Fungal Ruins ]{endreveal}

(Wyrd)

{reveal "Wyrdhold"}►[ Wyrdhold ][ Type: Walled City ][ Main Deity: varies - usually lurid or primal ][ Description: A lair of Wyrd-Elves; a Vacant Ruin warped into a twisted parody of elven grace. Lurid structures of living wood. Intimate darkness lit by glowing fungi. Air thick with musky hypnotic spores. ][ Inhabitants: Wyrd-Elves, Wyrd-Mycellians, thralls of various races (usually neighbors), tame monsters. ][ Rival: Civilized races, Sylvan Glades ]{endreveal}

CORRUPTIVE

(Mountain)

{reveal "Tainted Peaks"}[ Biome: Tainted Peaks ][ Type: Mountains ][ Main Deities: Haze Tyrant ][ Description: Rock is porous, emits strange mists. No snow. Warm, humid climate. Plantlife fungal in nature. Mineral veins animate. ][ Inhabitants (Monster Girls): Mycellians, Gargantuan Insect Girls, Ore Elementals. (Other): Duergar, Ogres, Goblinoids ][ Rival: White Mountains ]{endreveal}

(Subterranean)

{reveal "Wyrd Maw"}[ Wyrd Maw ][ Type: Subterranean/Cavernous ][ Main Deity: varies - usually lurid or primal ][ Description: A Fungal Maw warped by Wyrd-Elf essence. Bioluminescent fungi produce hypnotic, psychoactive spores. Cave walls secrete nutrient-rich slime. Air is heavy, cloying, sweet. Spores sedative, arousing. ][ Inhabitants: Wyrd-Elves, Wyrd-Mycellians. ][ Others: Enthralled humanoids. ][ Rival: Crystal Caverns, Fungal Maw, natural caves ]{endreveal}