Green Claw Swamp



Green Claw Swamp is located between The Iron Hills and Bael Turath Jungle. Once a series of fertile valleys, the land was trampled flat by the never ending Tiefling/Dragonborn wars. So extensive was this fighting that the blood spilt salted the ground (dragonborn have notoriously high sodium intakes), and the water which has collected since is salty to the taste. Despite the new swamp, many natural creatures have taken roost int he swamp, which acts as a wary "demilitarized" zone between the two species. Occasionally, deserters from the Dragonborn or Tiefling clans many be banished to the swamps, under threat of death should they ever be discovered elsewhere.

FUN FACT: Because of the salted-water, the only fresh water source available in the form of local algae. Bitter to the taste, it accumulates water in large pockets. Many efforts have been taken to make this water taste better, and so far researchers have found at least 200 local recipes for the herb known as "stankweed". Supposedly, all 200 taste like stank.