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Gazetteer The Cultures of Nyambe The Amedio Jungle • Southwest Oerik • Portals to the Continent of Nyambe The cultures presented in Atlas Games's product, Nyambe, are not clustered together on Oerik. Instead, they are divided into two areas on this world. The Amedio Jungle
The lands of Mabwe, bIda Rainforest, and Mangrove Marsh can best be placed in the Amedio Jungle. The Azzazza, Tembu, Kitunusi, Unthlatu, Agogwe, Nghoi, and Wakyambi would all be found here. The Mbanta are also supposed to live here. Possibly they travelled here from another world through magical gates. The southern part of this jungle borders Zindia, so there would be tigers that you would not find in Nyambe, but the northern areas would certainly fit the description for this region. The civilizations should be placed near the center of the jungle, around the lake. The people of this area would have little contact with Zindia or the Flannaes. The Utuchekulu and Huatall would live in the mountains that form the western edge of this jungle. They would have contact and trade with Zindia. Because of the Hell furnaces to the north, they would have little contact with the Flannaes, but they would know about the Sea of Dust and possibly be able to navigate it, to reach the cities of Athas on the western edge. Western Oerik 
The remainder of Nyambe culture will be found in this area. These cultures would have little, if any contact with the Flannaes. Skip's Article doesn't provide a lot of detail, but, based on it, I suggest placing the cultures as follows: Boroko and Kaya Vu Samaki would likely fit in the Red Kingdoms. The city-states of East Nyambe would be positioned along the western coast of this region, bordering Ishtarland. A great river, such as the Niger, would provide the water and shore needs for the other civilizations. The Azzazza, Nabula, Mbanta, Shombe, and Zamara would live in this region. Skip mentions the Tribes of Enllaves having a massive plateau, similar to the city of Dogar, so I recommend placing The Nibomay civilization in the area inhabited by the Tribes of Enllaves. The Hutall, Tisambe, Tuslan, Xon'mo, and Kitunusi would all live in this region. The other regions and cultures from Nyambe would be placed in areas between these detailed locations. Based on my understanding, I would place them as follows: The Guduji Desert could well be the name of the massive desert controlled by The Empire of Lynn. I would therefore, place the Marakka, and Mbanta on the Eastern edge of this desert, at the point I have labeled A. I placed the Bashar'ka at the western edge of Erypt's territory. I marked this areas as B on the map. The Xon'mo and Mbanta live here. I placed Tau Mau-Boha at the spot marked C. The Azzazza, Tembu, and Mbanta live in this area. The hills of Mademba are along the southern border of Erypt. I marked this area as D on the map. The Kitunusi, Tembu, and Mbanta live in this region. Portals to Nyambe While the continent that Chris Dolunt drew for Nyambe doesn't fit on Oerik, several of these cultures, especially the Mbanta would certainly know the locations of gates that can be used to travel to the world containing this continent. For a price, they may even be willing to open such a portal. I'd like to thank Chris for writing Nyambe, and for giving me pwermission to use his book for this page. Nyambe is published by Atlas Games. The material from this book is copyrighted. |
