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Believed by many to be the
heart of the Late World, this tropical region is home
to several nations, hundreds of cultures and countless
languages. In addition to its teeming multitudes,
the Great Western Jungle is a natural resource unmatched
by any other forest in the world. Many of the
world's most sought woods and precious materials are
harvested from its deep and remote shadows. Merchant
States rise and fall in the shade of its towering canopies
as resources are discovered, exploited and abandoned.
Many are the forgotten cities and roads that emerge
and disappear into the great forest.
Some consider the Shar a
sister forest to the Dreamlands jungle of Tasserus.
Many trees and flowers found in one may be found
in the other. The most interesting support of
this notion is the ancient and ruined city of Ambormar
whose incomplete stones stand half on the shores of
the Sea of Path and half on the shores north of Shardra,
a sea separated. Some claim that the ruins belong
to twin cities, both claimed by the seas while believe
that the ruins were one city until the lands parted
and the Dekàlan Sea rose to separate them. It
is interesting to note, that natives on both side of
the sea believe that when the inhabitants of the empty
stones return to their homes, a great and ancient empire
will rise from the sea to claim the world once again.
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