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--- zilari [2025/03/19 04:24] – [Related Pages and Further Information] admin
+++ zilari [2025/03/19 05:01] (current) – [Beta Age (2625–2631) – The Era of Discovery and First Contact] admin
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 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====
-Zilari provides a mysterious, unexplored frontier perfect for survival adventures, cultural encounters, and scientific discoveries. The lack of documented Exohuman exploration means Dungeon Masters can introduce uncharted jungles, hidden valleys, and undiscovered ruins while maintaining consistency with the Twin-Section Hypothesis. However, unlike completely unknown regions, Zilari has been partially mapped — so adventures should balance known landmarks with new discoveries.
+Zilari stands apart from other regions of the Western Habitual Belt as the final destination of the Westward Passage Expedition (2626–2628). Unlike neighboring regions, which remain almost entirely undocumented, Zilari is the most explored area of the Western Habitual Belt.
-==== Exploration and Survival Challenges ====
+However, “explored” does not mean fully understood. While Exohumans mapped major rivers, forests, and mountain ranges, their journey was a march-through expedition, prioritizing movement over deep study. No permanent Exohuman settlements were ever established, and the Peace Treaty of 2631 has since prevented further expeditions.
-  * **Tropical Storms –** The wet season can bring floods, unpredictable rivers, and hazardous landslides.
+For Dungeon Masters, Zilari offers a semi-documented region rich in discovery, lost knowledge, and cultural enigmas. Players can explore Exohuman records from the expedition, track down forgotten notes, or retrace the steps of the first explorers—uncovering what they may have missed.
-  * **Predator-Laden Steppes –** Players may face massive herd migrations and the predators that follow them.
-  * **Dabanga Mountain Ascent –** Climbing the highest peak requires navigating dangerous paths, extreme cold, and possible tribal interference.
-==== Mysteries and Hidden Dangers ====
+==== Beta Age (2625–2631) – The Era of Discovery and First Contact ====
+During the Beta Age, Exohumans set out to cross the Western Habitual Belt for the first time. The Westward Passage Expedition (2626–2628) was a high-risk journey intended to confirm the Twin-Section Hypothesis and reach Zilari, the final destination. While the expedition successfully reached Zilari, the Exohumans never established permanent settlements, nor did they fully explore the region.
+  * **The Missing Trailblazers – ** The expedition has been pushing forward for weeks, its advance measured by maps drawn and ground covered. But when a scouting party sent to survey a river valley in northern Zilari fails to return, concern turns to urgency. The players are ordered to follow their last known trail and find out what happened. The path leads them deep into the forest, where something is wrong. The scouts' supplies are untouched. Their campfire is still arranged, as if someone meant to return. But there are no footprints, no bodies—only eerie carvings on the trees, spiraling inwards as if marking something unseen.
+==== Gamma Age (Starting 2631) ====
+Although Zilari remains the best-mapped region of the Western Habitual Belt, the Peace Treaty of 2631 strictly forbids further Exohuman exploration.
   * **The Zilari River Ruins –** The Ilna speak of ancient stone structures along the riverbanks, abandoned for reasons unknown.