Lore:Chult

Batiri
Chult is home to scores of independent goblin tribes collectively known as the Batiri. The Batiri worship Maglubiyet, a ruthless god of war. A Batiri tribe is ruled by a queen. When a queen dies, fighting ensues until a new queen emerges victorious and proclaims herself ruler of the tribe

While the Batiri have many cultural and mythical aspects that make them unique, they behave pretty much like other goblins; they are superstitious, cruel, suspicious of outsiders, clannish among themselves, and just as likely to torture and eat other humanoids as they are to trade with them --- and they are not only sadistic but highly creative in their torture.

Camp Vengeance
A handful of warriors from the Order of the Gauntlet escaped the undead onslaught against Camp Righteous by retreating towards the Soshenstar River. They ended their retreat by digging on the spot. Eventually they got word of their situation back to Port Nyanzaru, and they've since been reinforced. Their original, small base camp has been transformed into a fortified base far more capable of withstanding attack.

Celeste at Fane
After receiving a vision of Fenthaza and horrific sacrifices to the God Dendar, The Night Serpent, Celeste set out to defeat her. She made her way through the Trickster Gate and cut a path deep into the Royal Palace of Omu, no the Yuan-Ti Temple to Dendar.

After the harrowing Journey that brought her near to death and on Fenthaza's dreaded doorstep, Celeste found sanctuary in a forgotten storage chamber.

She remained tin hiding, recovering and waiting for help to release the prisoners and defeat Fenthaza once and for all.

House of the Crocodile
In the early days of the world, Man stood by the banks of the river, frightened. Crocodile raised his head from the water and asked, "What troubles you, cousin Man?" Man replied, "I must cross this river, but I fear to enter the water alone, because it teems with your brethren." Crocodile replied, "It's true, you would not be safe. But I will carry you across the river safely on my back, if you promise to return the favor."

When they reached the far bank, Man asked, "How can I repay you?" and Crocodile replied, "I wish to see the realm of Humans, but I fear to go there alone, because it teems with your brethren. You must carry my on your back across your realm." Man had been tricked, but a promise is a promise, so he carried Crocodile safely on his back across the entire realm of humans, a journey that lasted many years. He also swore, in his anger, that never again would Men and Crocodiles be friends, and so it has remained to this day.

Kir Sabal
Kir Sabal is an ancient monastery overlooks the jungle from its perch on the cliff of a tall plateau. It is home to flock of aarakocra and a peaceful sanctuary where heroes can find rest and safety – if they can reach it. The aarakocra are also sheltering the last human descendants of the royal family of Omu. If Omu can be liberated from the evil possessing it, the royal line can be restored.

Legend of the Nine Gods
Long ago, the god Ubtao hardened his heart and vowed to weep for the people of Omu no longer. The rains stopped, the jungle withered and died, and death swept through Omu.

One morning, a wise zorbo emerged from her hollow tree and spoke to the dying Omuans. To convince Ubtao of their worth, she decided to cook him a stew made from all their good qualities. Catching such virtues wouldn't be easy, so she asked a wily almiraj to help her. The almiraj snuck recklessness in the pot, which she saw as a virtue, and Ubtao spat out the stew when he tasted it. From that day on, Obo'laka the zorbo and I'jin the almiraj became terrible enemies.

At noon, a brave kamadan hopped down from her rock. She saw the evil in the Omuans' hearts and decided to lance it like a troublesome boil. The kamadan fashioned a holy spear, but the left it by the riverbank and a crafty grung stole it. In her rage, Shagambi the kamadan forgot all about the Omuans and chased Nangnang the grung forever across the sky.

When evening came, a wily eblis stepped from his reed hut. He didn't like the Omuans, but without them he'd have no one to play his tricks on. The eblis sent a marsh from to reason with Ubtao, but the from was angry and decided to wrestle the god instead. This amused Ubtao, so he game the frog tentacles to make it stronger. When Kubazan the froghemoth returned to Papazotl the eblis, he chased Papazotl into the swamp with his new tentacles.

That night, a su-monster broke into Ubtao's palace and stole a pail of water for the Omuans. When the god came running to find it, the su-monster hid the pail in a jaculi's burrow. Ubtao asked the jungle animals where his water was hidden, and Moa the jaculi was too hones to lie. When Wongo the su-monster found out how Moa had betrayed him, he vowed to catch the jaculi and eat him up.

All the while, Unkh the flail snail lived in deep under the earth. The noise of the other animals fighting made her slither up to the surface, and when day dawned over her shell, the light blinded Ubtao and his eyes water. File returned to Omu, and the people build shrines to honor the animals who saved them.

Mbala
The plateau of Mbala was once the seat of a small kingdom, but now only ruins remain. An old crone by the name of Nanny Pu'pu lives here, a wizened old woman who knows many things. Some say the crone worships death and knows many dark rituals. Most would rather not speak of her at all.

Merchant Princes
Seven merchant princes preside over Port Nyanzaru, each one with an equal vote in matters of state. Three of them male, four female. All are Chultan. Their single qualification is that they're the seven riches people in the city, with specific monopolies on all merchandise sold in the city.

The merchant princes surround themselves with loyal family members, and underlings, but they also employ foreign mercenaries both as city guards and as personal guards.

Omu, the Forbidden City
Omu was once a jewel in Chult's crown. Built over rich mineral veins, the city garnered wealth in abundance. Omuan jewelry was coveted far and wide, and the city's merchants grew fat on commerce. To enter Omu, it was said, was to enter the gates of paradise itself. Omu's hunger made her rulers demand ever greater tribute from their neighbors. When their vassals couldn't pay the cost, they paid in blood. Omu's feared legions marched across Chult.

The Omuans' greed and hubris angered the god Ubtao, causing him to turn his back on Omu two years ago, long before the abandoned the rest of Chult. Omu's clerics lost their spells, and the city fell to sickness and disease. Uprisings wracked Omu, and its nobles fled in droves. Maps showing Omu's location were destroyed, and its coins were melted down and reminted

Port Nyanzaru
The fortified port at the south end of the Bay of Chult is known as "the Gateway of Chult". Since the destruction wrought by the Spellplague, no other city exists on Chult, along the coast or anywhere else, except ruins or overrun by monstrous creatures.

Until recently, Port Nyanzaru was under the firm control of Amn, a foreign nation. Nine years ago, Amn was forced to relinquish the city to a wealthy and powerful consortium of Chultan traders, or risk a bloody conflict that probably would have ended with the city winning its independence anyway. The Chultan traders have since grown into influential merchant princes, enticing folk from up and down the Sword Coast with their exotic wares.

Port Nyanzaru is a bastion of civilization and commerce in a savage land. The amount of business that unfolds here and the cash that moves through its counting houses would make any merchant of Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep jealous.

Enemies surround Port Nyanzaru on all sides. The jungle teems with ferocious reptiles and murderous undead, pirates prowl the surrounding sea, and the mouth of the bay is home to a greedy dragon turtle.

Soshenstar River
The Soshenstar flows north from the Aldani Basin to the Bay of Chult, tumbling down waterfalls every ten to fifteen miles. Outside of Port Nyanzary, the Soshenstar River is the best-known geographical feature on Chult, thanks to the presence of the Order of the Gauntlet and Camp Righteous and then Camp Vengeance. Many canoe flotillas ferried supplies and personnel up and down this river before Camp Righteous was destroyed.

Ubtao
A central figure in Chult's culture is the greater god Ubtao, who long protected the land and Chultan civilizations. But Ubtao grew angry over his worshiper's endless warring and their reliance on him to solve all their problems. More than a century ago, Ubtao simply abandoned Chult, and his influence hasn't been felt there since this day. When he Lleft, the Chultans suffered crippling spiritual blow, but eventually the disunited, warring tribes learned to put aside their petty conflicts and unite as one people. To this day, the dinosaurs of Chult are revered as Ubtao's sacred children by many Chultans, even though Ubtao himself is no longer worshipped.