5LFTB : Threats
The Ruin Within : Relatively primitive communities of Hu-Mans have always lived, scattered and isolated, amongst the Elaïn, where they are at best ignored, generally shunned and, in some admittedly rare cases, actively hunted. The Elaïn always believed that these Hu-Mans were the only representatives of their race; but as the Jungle Deep inexorably advances, it is becoming apparent to the Rangers that this is far from true. It is obvious that entire Hu-Man civilisations exist (or existed ?), with high levels of cultural development. Their relationship with the Jungle Deep is as yet uncertain. Were they conquered by it, living elsewhere on the continent and now exploited to its ends ? Were they nurtured within it ? Do they perhaps even control it ? These more sophisticated peoples have infiltrated the Hu-Mans known to the peoples of Alladore and their neighbours. They have ensured that these Hu-Mans are receptive to the whispers of the De...