In the Senas Alliance, mountain ranges span the north and south, with the overall terrain gradually ascending from the east to the west, prompting the coastal dwellers to refer to the Paratu People as Highlanders.
In the southwestern outskirts of the Kingdom of Galloping Horses, the town of Wolfton sits nearly fourteen hundred meters above sea level, nestled in the pine and oak forest belt at the northern foothills of the Jinding Mountains.
In the forest south of Wolfton, coniferous giants thick enough to require an embrace to encircle, stretch upwards piercing the heavens and blocking out the sun. Only specks and spots of sunlight filter through the gaps in the canopy, nourishing the underbrush and shrubs that grow between the trees.
For thousands of years, in this uninhabited place, nature's cycle of growth, death, and decay has resulted in a layer of humus soil several feet deep.
