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agents penetrated and exploited the near-limitless exotic
resources of the vast Mwangi interior.
The so-called Fever Sea west of Garund was quieter in
those days. Outcast Mwangi and exiled pirate lords managed
(mostly) bloodless coexistence in the Shackle Isles, but had
not yet developed into a serious naval threat. The vast wealth
traveling north from Bloodcove and Eleder attracted more
and more pirates, and the coming of the Eye of Abendego in
the first weeks of the Age of Lost Omens largely cut off the
colonization effort from the rest of the world.
Stories of the early explorers and colonists still filter north
to the ears of opportunistic merchants, excitement-starved
treasure-seekers, and wily Pathfinders. The tales speak of
lost cities and gorilla kings, of religions grown ancient by
the time the Starstone fell, and of riches undreamed by the
most fecund minds of the civilized north.
The stories speak of Jaha, the great crumbling city at
the heart of the northern jungles, a bewlidering array of
terraced fortresses and irregular courtyards. The starseeking
mystics of Lirgen spoke of Jaha in prophecy and
dogma, recognizing the ruin’s importance to the past and
the future. After the Eye of Abendego destroyed Lirgen and
most of its orthodox theocrats, a rogue faction of Lirgeni
astrologers led a splinter group of refugees to Jaha. By sword
and axe, the Lirgeni pacified the degenerate primitives
inhabiting the city before reclaiming the ruined structure
from the jungle. The xenophobic, increasingly erratic ruling
caste of Jaha has of late erected dozens of enormous marker
stones throughout the city for an unknown purpose.
Many miles south of Jaha lies the treacherous Lake
Ocota, home to mysterious aquatic beasts from primordial
times. These long-necked predators occasionally range the
numerous rivers of the Expanse, stretching heads full of
needle teeth upon muscular serpentine necks to snatch prey
from the decks of rafts or from the riverbanks. A monolithic
ruined city called Usaro on the southern coast of the lake is
the seat of the mighty Silverback King, the feral monarch
of a society of intelligent, bloodthirsty apes known as the
spawn of Angazhan. The king, himself the latest in a long
line of awakened gorillas, is the most honored earthbound
servant of the demon lord of beasts and a major threat to all
humans in the Expanse, native and otherwise.
The Silverback King’s treasure vaults contain priceless
riches plundered from defeated tribes and enemies, but
surely the greatest riches hidden in the expanse can be
found in the fabled Ruins of Kho, a crashed f lying city of
the Shory civilization that ranged Golarion in the Age of
Destiny. Nearly all expeditions to the ruins—mentioned in