Gazetteer #1: The Scatter

Gazetteer #1: The Scatter

Logrum - the mischeivous green lord of the jungle, was forever jealous of the gifts that Purl, Chief of the human gods, had given his children. Love, Joy, Intelligence, Resolve, Strength and Passion among them. He tutored them, helped them, showed them fire for warmth, showed them shelter for storms, taught them to craft the wondrous things in their minds with their hands.

And so they flourished. And Purl was All-Father to the Humans, and was loved and revered, and worshipped.

And Logrum sat on the throne he had made from rocks and palm leaves, and moss and sand, and sticks and logs, and seethed with jealousy. For the humans didn't thank him for the abundant wood and food and water that came from his jungles. They feared it. they cut it and burned it and took what they wanted.

And so Logrum decided that he wanted his own people, to teach them, to love him, as the Humans loved and revered Purl. And they would protect the jungles and not let the humans take and not thank Logrum for his bounty.

Lugrum called his brother Klug to the throne. He would have Klug steal from Purls workshop the virtues he had bestowed on the humans. as Klug proceeded to sneak in to Purls workshop, Lugrum filled a basket with seeds from his favorite creations: Goblinberry shrubs, Orkulbloom vine, and the Ogreenal tree. These he planned to breathe life in to. These he planned to be his children.

When Klug returned, he had 9 virtues with him, and Lugrum, excited that his brother had taken more virtues than even Purl had given the Humans, poured all of the seeds and the virues into his cauldron to steep...