Panabuk

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Region Details
Continent	Dwilight
Region Type	Rural
Geographic Area	South Mediterranean
Population	1
Economy	N/A
Politics
Realm	(rogue)

Regional Description & Overview

Welcome to Panabuk, heartland and breadbasket of the isle of Madina! Being the island's strategic center, one can go almost anywhere as every region connects to it save the remote mountains of Panamana and Madina city proper. The region is best known for its agricultural fields, running the length of the Pana Gulf, which contain the island's most fertile soil. Panabuk's primary crops are wheat, corn, oats and barley as well as other assorted vegetables. These crops provide the backbone of Panabuk's economy and are regularly shipped south to the markets of Madina Gardens and beyond. These shipments flow down a main road that runs vertically from Laraibina to the Gardens along Panabuk's eastern border with Lawataling's and Panafau's forests. A patchwork of horizontal branches spiderweb out from this main road across the province connecting all the various hamlets.

Currently, the region's small farming villages are grouped into two estates: Southfields and Skyfields. Southfields comprises all of the farmlands in the southern half of the province. Bordering the townsland of Madina Gardens, it is the more populated of the two estates and contains the manor of the Viscount. Skyfields, named after the Duke of Madina at the time of Panabuk's resettlement, comprises the region's northern farmlands. Dividing these two estates is the Pananont, the wildlands forest in Panabuk's center. While used as a local source of game and lumber, the Pananont remains Panabuk's most dangerous area. All too frequently bandits, monsters, and undead cross over from the lawless forests of Lawataling and Panafau and use it as a lair to strike out at the surrounding farms. Despite this relative danger though, Panabuk remains one of the safest regions on the island and a vital agricultural center.

Regional Map

People and Culture

Due to its central location, Panabuk has changed hands many times over the years. These regular shifts in rulers resulted in Panabuk historically being a sort of melting pot for the various cultures of Dwilight’s southern realms. Verdis Elementum is currently the dominant faith among the peasantry owing to one of Panabuk’s more recent former lords being a high ranking member of the clergy although there are many who practice Sanguis Astroism instead. Panabuk was especially hard hit by Dwilight’s recent monster invasion which caused significant depopulation of its many farming communities. This has left the survivors extremely bitter towards Dwilight’s southern realms, especially D’Hara, whom they feel abandoned them to die. While the region has finally started to recover as Fissoan settlers have migrated north from Madina Gardens, this gradual flow of immigrants has begun to make Fissoan customs the dominate practices of the region.

Military Information

Once home to the proud Panabuk Guardians, the regional infantry training center has been forced to shut its doors in the wake of the devastation from Dwilight’s recent monster attacks. Although plans to rebuild the recruitment center have been put forward, the region’s currently deteriorated state makes doing so impractical. In the meantime, local security is provided for by the Viscount’s personal police force and local ducal militia.

Regional Infrastructure

Virtually all of Panabuk’s infrastructure was destroyed during the recent great monster invasion of Dwilight. When the region was finally reclaimed by Fissoan troops, the only things left were Panabuk’s terrible, barely serviceable roads. Despite the best efforts of the Fissoan army, the significantly reduced population has severely hampered all attempts at rebuilding the area. However, some progress has been made in a few key areas restoring the local Viscount’s manor and rebuilding the former temple to Verdis Elementum. Work has also been done to rebuild some sections of Panabuk’s main road along the eastern border although large swathes of it remain heavily damaged, especially further north away from Madina’s population centers.

Geographical and Climate Information

Small villages are scattered widely throughout the arable land of Panabuk. Most of the farmed land is devoted to the growing of grains and the raising of livestock. There are several towns located by the sea that fish the waters near the shore, but very little trade is conducted by sea.

The landscape consists of broad meadows and lowlands, and is remarkably flat and featureless. The climate is equable at this latitude, though the summers can be uncomfortable. Snow is almost unheard of even in the winter, which is mostly marked by heavy rains and muddied roads.