Zuman, the dark jungle

Population unknown

Zuman is a warm island filled with wild and dangerous animals. Some places are swamplike, but usually by the coasts the jungle is moist and green. Large insectoids is said to venture the isle.

Society: Tribal


Races: Mostly Human negro`s. Gnolls and lizards have been sighted on expeditions as well.



Politics and history

Zuman is inhabited by one of the most ancient groups of people on middle-earth, namingly tribal warriors and voodoomasters. The jungles of Zuman are so hostile that no outsiders have succeeded in entering or invading these borders. It is said that the people of Zuman have ancient knowledge that even the wisest and most lectured scholar only could dream about gaining, mostly the occult and hidden lore. The witchdoctors of Zuman are distrusted by the more civilized races as they are believed to commune with evil spirits to gain their powers. Impostors are threatened with becoming cursed if they try to gain access to the isle. As superstitious people are, no one has tried infiltrating the isle for decades. The dark jungle has grown even deeper ever since.

Documented Animal life:
Catlike animals such as jaguars, pumas. Wild boars, the occasional elephant.

Sea life:
Doplhins, sword-fish, sealions, dire seahorses, tiger sharks and white sharks.

Economy

The tribes of Zuman do not care for greed. But they have a lot things that is nigh invaluable to the civilized societies since they can be gotten only around or on the isle itself. Examples are Special herbs, the Zuman tobaco-plant, the dark wood material Ebony; hard as metal, light as wood. Giant clams are also inhabitet in the coast surrounding Zuman, containing pearls of the highest quality on entire middle-earth which is found by divers.

Their own crafts:

- Obsidian (For tools and weapons)
- Herbs->reagents->components->herbs for potions, rituals, poisons and tobaco.
- Gold veins->gold coins for the kingdom->food plates/goblets->gold bars
- Ebony (armor, shields, shafts for weapons or talismans)
- Stonecraftings
- Talismans; Voodoomasters arts.
- Pearls


Economic status in Thal`lan:
The tribesmen may from time to time travel by boats to the inlands and trade ebony, pearls and tobaco against whatever they would require. Considering the rarety of such trades, the amount of those wares are measured in the same amount; Extremely rare.


Allies

No agreements or specific treaties of comradeship is active other than the peace-treaty with the tribes of Mandara.

Organized magic

Fackin voodoo-magic man!!!