Climate

Precipitation arrives in late summer, early spring. During severe drought wildfires may be common. Temperature ranges wildly to reflect seasonal changes, with summer heat rising well over 38C or 100F, while winter can get as low as -40C or -40F.

Landscape

Ever-green, broad plain with tall grasses that often reach past the average horse’s belly in height. Several creeks criss-cross the lush meadow, fed by the melted snow of the northern mountains.

Flora

Non-mythical Flora

Goldenrod, clover, wild indigo and long-stem grasses. A few cottonwood and willow trees grow near water sources.

Mythical Flora

None yet.

Fauna

Non-mythical Fauna

Quails, skunks, and coyotes. Jack rabbits and prairie dogs, beetles and grasshoppers are plentiful. Large array of blackbirds, meadowlarks, and red-tailed hawks.

Mythical Fauna

None yet.

Climate

It is always slightly colder here than the Meadow and the Field. However, the further you go into the trees, the colder it gets. Even in the heart of summer, one might freeze to death before they made it to the center of the forest.

Landscape

Dense, thick forest that gets progressively more ominous the deeper you go. In the heart of the forest is a dark place; sunlight hardly ever reaches the ground. There is something far more frightening than a bear or moose bull in the darkest reaches of the forest and many horses that come this far have nightmares for weeks afterward.

Flora

Non-mythical Flora

A variety of trees: spruce, elm, birch, and poplar.

Mythical Flora

None yet.

Fauna

Non-mythical Fauna

At the edges, deer and foxes are common sightings, hedgehogs shuffle through the leaf litter. Elk and moose pass through the established woods, wolves and cougars are not unheard of. Maybe the occasional black bear.

Mythical Fauna

None yet.

Climate

Precipitation arrives in late summer, early spring. Temperature ranges to reflect seasonal changes, with summers being muggy and high 90s and winters bringing heavy snowfall and temperatures well below freezing.

Landscape

A deep, rapid-filled river surrounded by grasses and small groups of trees.

Flora

Non-mythical Flora

The largest tree is a gigantic oak nearly thirty feet wide. Deciduous, turkey oak, common maple, sycamore and river birch trees line the river.

Mythical Flora

None yet.

Fauna

Non-mythical Fauna

White-tail deer, fox and hare can be found in abundance. The treetops are home to smaller nesting owls and songbirds: screech owls, cardinals and blue jay, mockingbirds. Common gray squirrels and non-venomous snakes such as corn snakes, garter snakes. Salmon run up the river in fall, trout and pike can be found in the water year round. Blue and green herons nest along the banks in quiet stretches as well as egret and assorted ducks.

Mythical Fauna

None yet.

Climate

Almost always winter conditions, due to the height of the mountain. Prone to extreme winter winds, ice, and snow as you near the peak. Some seasonal changes nearer the base.

Landscape

Just a big ole mountain.

Flora

Non-mythical Flora

Coniferous trees and hardy mosses and bushes abundant nearer to the base. Only the hardest of tundra type plants as you ascend.

Mythical Flora

None yet.

Fauna

Non-mythical Fauna

Mountain goats, some bands of caribou and elk roam seasonally. Snowy owls with contrasting feathers of orange or red rather than black are not common, nor are the blue-violet lemmings and furred lizards on which they feast.

Mythical Fauna

None yet.

Climate

Arid and warm most of the year, light snow in the winter that often doesn’t stick. Very cold at night.

Landscape

Yellow, red, and brown canyons make up the bulk of Pangea. Dry and dusty except for a wide, deep river in the middle of the largest valley.

Flora

Non-mythical Flora

Coyote willow, arrowweed, seep willow, western honey mesquite, catclaw acacia, and saltcedar. One could also find remnants of dead sea plants such as coral, giant kelp, and anemone here.

Mythical Flora

None yet.

Fauna

Non-mythical Fauna

Ghost fish, coyotes, spiny lizards, rattlesnakes, ring-tailed cats, bighorn sheep, bats, elk with barnacles attached to them, and vultures.

Mythical Fauna

Rock Sheep - Gray and black sheep who, at first, appear to be dark cloud sheep, though their wool is made of rock instead of clouds.

Rodents of Unusual Size - Large, cow-sized mole creatures who rarely venture from their cavernous tunnels.

Lobsters who have evolved to have lungs, fire-breathing chuckwallas, and mule deer with coral horns.