The Scaled Forests

The Scaled Forests lie south of the Skyward Barrier mountains. They are equatorial forests, tropical and subtropical, and are named for the dragons they house. Dragons exist all across the continent, but the vast majority of them habitate these southern forests, and it is here where they originated. Contrary to myth, these dragons were smaller, reaching absolute maximum sizes of around a 4 ft shoulder height and approximately 8 ft length, nose to tail base. Including their tails, larger forest dragons can reach lengths of up to 16 ft. Most forest dragons are closer to 6 ft long.

The Scaled Forests were historically populated by mostly humans. They did not have much contact with other species until their cities grew significantly, as the seas and mountains proved sturdy barriers to trade and travel. They did, however, lead the world in shipbuilding and sailing techniques- as they required them to manage travel between the many islands along the west coast, through Nix Gulf, out to the Shiral islands, and, eventually, to other parts of the world.

Nix Gulf, aptly named, is the origin of nix. There are long histories of trade and relations between nix and humans, and it was humans who first developed terrestrial Sign derived from Optimana. Most humans on islands and coasts in the Scaled Forests are at least semi-fluent in Sign.