Rumors

If you head up the Tiryki River about five days by canoe, you’ll see a stone spire to the east. Natives call it Firefinger. “Terror folk” nest there, and if they spot you, you’re in for a fight.

One must purchase a charter of exploration at Fort Beluarian before undertaking any jungle expedition. The Flaming Fist believe Chult is their’s alone to plunder and will punish explorers they find in jungle without their written permission.

Chult had many kings and queens, but none more beautiful than Queen Zalkoré. Thousands of warriors killed and died for her, but the only memorial of her reign is the garden palace of Nangalore, which lies near the eastern shore of the River Olung, north of Lake Luo.

Chult was once a playground for a green dragon. Her bones mark the location of a hidden treasure trove. If you travel to Mezro and head east across the Laughing Gorge, then south toward Kir Sabal, you might stumble on the dragon’s bones and earn yourself a place in the history books!

I heard a pale-skinned foreigner muttering to himself that the city of Mezro was not destroyed by an army of undead after all. Its ruins are only a facade. He repeated over and over, “patience, patience, she is waiting for us”.

Dwarves are determined to reclaim Wyrmheart Mine, but a red dragon lives there now. Haven’t seen one of them in a while.

Explorers and hunters from the deep jungle have seen a strange object in the night sky recently, they claim they saw what looked like an immense spiral shell, covered in strange lights soaring weightlessly above the canopy.

The jungle is full of nature spirits — weird little primordial creatures with masks. They don’t speak, and I’ve never known one to be harmful, but their magical powers should not be taken lightly.

There are giant snapping turtles in Snapping Turtle Bay. One of them is as big as a house. He’s known as King Toba, and his shell has gemstones embedded in it.

The Order of the Gauntlet came here to “civilize” the jungle and cleanse it of undead. They lost one of their encampments not too long ago. They’re just barely hanging on to another one. I see their emissaries all the time, heading up the River Soshenstar in canoes to get more supplies and “settlers” from Port Nyanzaru.

Watch out for any mist with a blue tinge to it. It spreads a fever that drives people mad.

A huge longboat crewed by giants was seen trying to enter the bay of Chult without paying Aremag his tribute. Aremag was furious, nobody has seen the old turtle move that quickly in living memory! It’s said he chased that ship over leagues of open ocean before it ran aground somewhere around Kitcher’s Inlet.

A ruined pyramid lies up the River Tath, past Kahakla Gorge. Supposedly, no one’s explored past the gorge, but that’s not true. It’s just that the few who made it out alive mostly keep quiet about what they found there. I have it on good authority that the ruins are guarded by a naga who is both wise and generous.

Bird folk inhabit a monastery called Kir Sabal that hangs on the side of a plateau many miles up the Olung River, past the Laughing Gorge. The bird folk are holding the last royal heir of Chult as their prisoner.

The great god Ubtao loved mazes. If you happen upon a maze of any kind, trace a path through it. You will earn Ubtao’s favor by doing so.

It’s no secret that the jungles of Chult are infested with zombies, the dregs on an undead army that destroyed the ancient city of Mezro. Lately though there have been chilling rumors out of the deep jungle. the legions of undead are increasing somehow, some even claim to have seen monstrous reanimated dinosaurs! as if the regular kind weren’t troublesome enough.

Perched atop a plateau overlooking the Aldani Basin is a ghost city. All the people there disappeared. No one knows why. They say the plateau is guarded by vengeful spirits that take the shape of ferocious beasts. You can reach the Aldani Basin by following the River Soshenstar.

Deep in the heart of the jungle is a city built by weretigers. It’s now overrun by snake people, but even worse things dwell below. In dreams, I have heard strange music and wailing in the dark.

The rainbow waters of the Aldani basin are a wonder of the natural world, but if you seek them out be wary. Many adventurers have gone missing exploring the basin’s surreal beauty, others turn up months later, lost in the jungle, naked, with no memory of their former lives.

The great god Ubtao once guided the people of Chult, before he tired of their constant warring and abandoned them. Since then, Chultans have turned to the worship of other gods, some of which were tricksters and deceivers.