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March/April 2024 Challenge: Zoralund, The Lost Land
Long ago, after a coffee mug left a ring on the bottom left of my world map (it was drawn out on butcher paper at the time, like 4' by 4') I decided right then to make it a mysterious land, ringed by mountains and mist, essentially a big ol' "???" area on the map just to give it a "What's there? Oh there. No one really knows, it's never been explored" kinda feel. In the file drawer of my mind, I marked it as a "land of the lost/dinosaur/primal jungle" type of feel; with essentially a stone age level of advancement for the indigenous fantasy races. I've never really mapped it out to any extent, so this felt like the perfect opportunity to do so.
