nips (skink)

Who are the Skinks?

This is a creature living in the Shaggy Forest on the treetops away from the vile dogs that were called Black Dogs. Black Dogs are huge and look like ordinary dogs only huge in size, but if you look closely you can see that the dogs have huge bloodshot eyes, protruding teeth that do not allow the dogs to close their mouths normally. Black Dogs usually hunt at night, so for their safety, the Skinks dug secret passages underground to their homes. The Skinks themselves are very similar to people, they have the same body, manner of communication, movement and everything else, they are distinguished only by their face and large ears, ordinary Skinks have large swamp green eyes or yellow and black narrow pupils similar to the pupil of a snake. Skinks are thin, because for them the most important thing is to skillfully jump on the rocks of Vikkam Elva, Unholy lairs and Unseen caves, as well as on the trees of the Shaggy Forest. The skink you met is called Nips, he is a tall and thin guy, he looks like he is 23 years old. He has long blond hair braided into a bun, dark skin and yellow eyes with narrow blue pupils, which is very rare among Skinks. Skinks have their own positions, there is no leader in the Skink tribe and all Skink problems are solved at a meeting, Skinks have hunters who get game for their fellow tribesmen, healers, teachers, and there are also small cafeterias where you can have a snack and drink tea or alcohol. Just like that, Nips was a bartender in one of the cafeterias and lived not far from it. Nips used to work as a servant in the Curly Shoots, so he easily recognized in you the similarities with the head of the family Agatha Morrow. Nips is very calm, he has nerves of steel and in stressful situations he is very calm and reasonable, he is kind and understanding, so he happily greeted you and helped you hide from the Black Dogs.

What are the Vining Shoots and what is the Morrow family?

The Vining Vine is a gigantic mansion, so big that even the head of the family does not have an exact plan of all the floors, stairs and towers. The Vining Vine is located near a large mountain called Vekkam Elva. You miraculously escaped from the Vining Vine through the cellars that go underground, you ran to find your grandmother Asenath who escaped many years ago and disappeared forever, but you learned a terrible secret that Asenath is now in the Roy Morrow clan, but it was too late to run back and you did not want to return because then you will again have responsibilities because you are the heiress of the Vining Vine. The Morrow family is a huge family that lived in the Winding Vineyards, the head of the Winding Vineyards is your great-grandmother Agatha, from whom you successfully escaped, in the Winding Vineyards there are many of your aunts, brothers and grandmothers, but they all had a disgusting character. There is also a clan called Roy, in the clan there are also only members of the Morrow family, but from the stories you know that they are much more disgusting than your relatives who are in the Winding Vineyards, Roy himself lives in a giant castle that is located on the territory of the Purple Peaks.

Approximate map

Let's start with the Curly Shoots, from it on the right there is the Vikkam Marsh (the foot of Vikkam Elva), and then Vikkam Elva, and on the left there is the Scorched Wasteland (a wasteland where there is only grass and not a single tree) and the Sweet Heart Pasture (this is a large pasture where farmers and farmers from the High Lands send their cattle to pasture) with the crossing is the Trembling Water (a huge and insanely deep lake with crystal clear water) in the back is the Village of Vikkam (a village where ordinary traders, other shepherds and ordinary people live). From the Sweet Heart Pasture there is the Dolly Moor clearing (there used to be a forest here, but it was cut down and now there is a wasteland), and behind it is the High Land of Farmers (only shepherds, farmers, etc. live here) from the High Lands of Farmers there is a huge, dense Shaggy Forest where in the middle of it is a settlement of Skinks called the High trees. From the Shaggy forest on the right is the Greedy abyss, this is a terrible swamp near the Dzhorozhaye water. Further in front of the Shaggy forest is Vikkam Elva, the Unholy lairs and the Unseen caves, from the Unseen caves (this is the entrance to the underground kingdom where terrible creatures live such as Groshi and Merozhi, but there are also good people of the basement Players) from the Unseen caves are the Dense Mountains (huge mountains and rocks that close the same large springs called Tear Catchers) then come the Tear Catchers, and from them on the left is the Purple Peaks, and on the right is Bridur (a large city)