Editing Thunder Rift (section)

===Denizens of the Rift===
[[Human]]s, of course, can be found just about everywhere in Thunder Rift.

[[Dwarf|Dwarves]] and [[Orc]]s are concentrated into the Farolas Hills, where they find endless battles against each other.

[[Goblin]]s and [[Kobold]]s, as well as least one [[Dire Wolf]] pack, can be found in the Burning Hills.

Small battalions of [[skeleton]]s and [[zombie]]s sometimes emerge from the Gloomfens, though nobody knows who creates or controls them. A popular theory is that it is the legendary "Mad Mage", an insane [[wizard]] said to occupy the long-abandoned Wizardspire.

The Gauntlin forest is a three-way war for power between [[elf|elves]], [[gnoll]]s and [[bugbear]]s; elves dominate the south, gnolls the northwest, and bugbears the northeast. [[Wyvern]]s are frequently spotted here, as are giant [[spider]]s who seem to have some unusual intelligence.

Britchwood is the dominion of a powerful [[unicorn]] called Bran ap Seamus, the guardian of the forest and the marshal of its intelligent trees and animals. [[Centaur]]s are the only (semi-)humanoid race that dwell here, though there is a small group of [[harpy|harpies]] in a cave on the northwestern wall beyond Brichtwood - the trees will tear them apart if they try to hunt there, so they hate Bran with a passion.

Grakken Wood is home to [[ogre]]s, who strangely seem content to stay there so long as nobody tries to trespass, and [[owlbear]]s, whom the ogres constantly battle with for their lives.

The Melinir Hills are home to many brigands.

The hills near Torlynn are home to a [[wererat]] and a tribe of [[rakasta]].

Marshwood is home to tribes of [[lizardfolk]], who find their dominion contested by [[ghoul]]s that spontaneously animate from the corpses of humanoids slain and abandoned here - as these ghouls retain most of their living abilities and intelligence, the lizardfolk are hard-pressed to keep them at bay. The ghouls are commanded by a [[wight]] [[fighter]] named Uchard Tonsha.

The Black Swamp is home to all manner of dangerous predators, some natural and others quite the opposite. Carnivorous trees, [[Shambling Mound|humanoid-appearing piles of moss and vegetation]], slimy-skinned reptilian imitations of humanity, a bizarre mutant alligator, [[troll]]s and a strange new lizardfolk subspecies known as a "newt" are all known to live here.

The Horned Hills have become the haunt of a band of [[minotaur]] thugs and their [[manticore]] "pet", who have been trying and failing to set themselves up as "tolltakers".

Finally, the Bone Hills have indeed become home to a new dragon; Ash's bigger, nastier cousin, the [[Chromatic Dragon#Red Dragon|Red Dragon]] known as Scorch.

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