Sakura Empire Map

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Sakura Pride: Home of the nomads. This land is almost five miles from the westernmost point to the eastern most point, and just over four miles from north to south. The river that begins in the land of the Mapogos returns to the surface here in a series of springs, forming a strong river with cherry blossom trees growing along its banks. A more peaceful beautiful land.

Phoenix Akatsuki Pride: Carved over the millennia from the mountains that form its outer borders, and mark its heart at the stone power seat at Dragon Bluff, this land is as hell bound as its pride. The cherry blossom trees that surround its heart are the first in the region, all others are from these trees seeds. A river forms in the mountains to the north, snaking its way south like a hand reaching for more, only to fade out before reaching the southern border.

Feral Lands: a mix of open land and thin forests, this is home of the sparse canine population.

Mapogo Pride: A land called The Sunrise of The North by its queen on its claim, her birth pride honoring the sun as the most powerful of forces of the spirits. The land is nearly cut in half by a river, the shallow calm places of crossing in the northern stretches giving way to wide river and deadly rapids. The river is the kingdom’s only source of water. Far from the river on the western side, is the pride’s main den. Where the pridemembers from the King to the lowest ranking newborn all sleep piled together in a single cave. Closer to the river bank is the birthing den, where the pride’s females have their cubs and care for them until they are strong enough to walk, a place forbidden to males older than starting to grow manes. Across the river is the Royal Den, where the King and his council of coalition brothers meet, and the King holds audiences from his place on a throne carved from a massive tree stump. Along the eastern border a stretch of ashfield lays, all that remains of a great fire, the land still not regrowing after generations. This is the place traitors are executed, and where young males undergo their final test to be full coalition members, as well as where the newest members of the coalition are initiated in a ceremony known only to the first Six, the King and his Lords. The pride refers to this place as the Deadland.

Marsh: a wide delta of marshland where the water from the longest river returns to being underground in deeply buried caverns.

Jungle: dense rich land fed by the silt rich marsh and it’s water.

Forest: the tapering away of the jungle into a more temperate forest of hardwoods.

Desert: once a great river fed by a lake that flowed all the way to the sea at the coast. However the same forces of nature that rose the mountains near it’s border causes them to hold back the rain that fed the river, only the oasis remaining of that mighty river and lake, the oasis now the last chance at water to travel to the coast through neutral territory.

Island: A barrier island accessable at low tide. A safe haven for those accused of crimes against their prides, or for rogues.

Meeting Ground: A dove shaped plateau where the prides meet in peace. Wether it’s a celebratory feast, or a political meeting between royals, none in this mile long region can be harmed.