Name: Fallow's Island
Region: Luxson
Demonym: Fallow's Islanders
Owner: Fallow
Political System: TBA
Population: TBA
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New Chimes is a town located in southern Fallow’s Island and is built from the ruins of Chimes, the former city is known for its glory and beauty pre-horror plague. The city of Chimes was destroyed early on in the horror plague, with very few survivors remaining after the largest compound horror tore through. Some restoration efforts have occurred, but due to a large number of terrors in the area, efforts have been focused on keeping it a small but well-protected town. The huge amount of overgrowth in New Chimes is particularly beautiful, with residents holding the town’s surrounding flora and fauna in high regard- even if long since mutated by horror. One plant with particular cultural importance is the wildsnare, a predatory plant that snares its prey and shoves it into its “mouth” to be dissolved. Despite its carnivorous nature, people in New Chimes often tend to feed these plants little treats- they are considered protective spirits and are very effective at keeping small, fauna-based terrors at bay. New Chimes is known for its particularly warm weather, and fauna often migrates to its surrounding area to chase that good climate. Housing is surprisingly sturdy in this town, and uses the existing ruins as starting points for new structures, instead of getting rid of them entirely. The town’s main imports and exports involve farming due to its incredible potential for raising local livestock and healthy crops, though regular patrols are put in place to keep terrors and other predatory animals at bay. While not exactly a hotspot on any map, this town is well known for its resilience and agricultural importance to its surrounding settlements.

Thorns is a heavily guarded settlement on the east end of Fallow’s Island, moderately sized but entirely closed in. Its thick stone walls existed pre-horror plague and have only gotten stronger with reinforcements since, traps lining every entrance. It has always been known for its severe distrust of outsiders, which has only gotten worse with time- though those inside feel highly protected, and often state that it’s the safest settlement left standing. The people of Thorns are heavily religious- though they are not devoted to Fallow, but one of its deceased lesser gods. Bramble was a beloved and fierce god of hunting and perished during the plague while protecting Thorns itself. Those who live here often make handmade/grown offerings to their spirit, and legend has it that you can hear their ghost singing both during hunts and at the very place where they made their final stand. Housing is often done in large chosen family groups, and when the population is looked at as a whole, one could argue that the settlement itself has only a dozen or so clusters of people spread between many bloodlines and connected buildings. Thorns is led by a centinel named Briar, having taken her name from the city itself. Her original name is unknown to most, and those who do know dare not speak it. A former soldier during the horror plague, Briar is just as fierce as the god that protected the settlement decades prior and swears to carry their torch with no hesitation. Residents of Thorns will speak to Briar’s bravery and commitment towards caring for her people, though outsiders are often intimidated by her intimidating size and posturing.