Middle Synk’maa: Other Locations
Haaskasalo - Carrion Wood
According to the stories, during the First War, the crows, ravens and carrion birds of the Carrion Wood forest flew to the nearby battlefields and ate all the fallen and wounded to the bones. Some strange force gave the birds endless hunger, and as they ate they swelled up into shapeless and unnatural sizes. Perpetually feasting on easy prey, those cursed winged ones flew back to their home, always only more fond of human flesh. Even today, their hideous offspring devour flesh almost endlessly, giving birth to only bigger and more gruesome young.
Lumirajan Virrat - Ever-Winter Rivers
Two rivers descending from the Breezing Heights eventually unifying into one greater river, the bottom of which is dangerously rocky and the ice that compacts against it forms sharp, jagged ramparts. The streams merge into steep rapids, whose mighty roar is said to resemble the thundering war cries of ancient giants. The labyrinthine caves behind the rapids are said to go deep under the Breezing Heights, and that somewhere in the unknown, dark depths, the ancient giants still sleep.
Viimakukkulat - Breezing Heights
The already merciless and freezing winds blowing from the sea become even more dangerous on the peaks of the Breezing Heights. Especially in the heart of winter, moving around in the area is risky and fatal for any travelers, when the storming snow covers the already scarce and difficult pathways, while limiting visibility to just a couple of meters.
Leskenkyynel - Widow’s Tear
About ten years after the forces of Gallowmoor and the Eastern Synk’maa conquered and subjugated the Middle Synk’maa under their rule, the widows of the fallen native warriors drowned themselves with their children in the lake, now known as the Widow’s Tear, as a protest against the new tyrannical regime.
Hurmevirta & Hurmesuo - Sanguine Stream & Sanguine Marsh
During the First War the waters and swamps of the area were colored with deep bloody red due to a relentless massacre of the locals. Before the war and gaining the current more ominous names, the area was known as the Marshes of Betula Nana, the home of dwarf birches. Even if the blood of the fallen has since washed away, the land seems to foster grotesque gore-hungry beings.
Orjatornin Rauniot - Slave Tower Ruins
During the war between the East and the Middle Synk’maa, the easterners began to enslave the natives of the Middle Synk’maa, transporting and selling them to the East. The slaves waiting to be sold were located in the Slave Tower, which was more than a simple fort, as its name would suggest. It was a great burg dedicated to this atrocious crime against human rights.
A decade later, the slave trade was declared as illegal and the Slave Tower was destroyed to the ground, yet the dark memories of those times still linger above the people of the Middle Synk’maa. Acts unforgettable and inexcusable affect generations after generations, and in the eyes of the current youth, the East is still the worst kind of persecutor.
Jättiläisen Askeleet - Giant’s Steps
The legends claim that the gorges, crevices and cavities of the islands are caused by now fabled, ancient giants, jumping around the coastal area and between the isles. However, there is not a single physical piece of evidence to prove these stories whatsoever. The folk tales still live on and there are some slightly lunatic and demented old men who believe that denying the existence of giants is some kind of weird conspiracy.
