Themyscira

Intro
A misty morning rises, the sun diffused through the comforting green of a forest  canopy. Faint winds drift, ruffling the leaves, the sound trickling to one’s ears from the heights of trees as tall as the sky. Wing-beats reverberate through the life-laden boughs of Themyscira.

Environment
The continent of Iradeth lays claim to a great many marvels, particularly among its native races. Themyscira is one such example, as it is located amidst the Agrio Dasos jungle which spreads across the majority of the north eastern corner of the continent. The jungle is thick, and in some areas, mountainous.

It is in one such sculpted region, that Themyscira lies. The ground is uneven, jutting up and out into various outcroppings as you approach the ultimate height of the jungle. Yet the trees of this area are among, or are perhaps the tallest, reaching heights of nearly four hundred feet. Their leaves are broad and mostly circular with tapered ends; the trees spiral as they rise with their branches sprouting in fan like structures. The trees thrive in the tropical coastal climate. And if one were to look closely, they would not that these trees, ancient as they are, do not seem to succumb to blight or suffocating vines. The trees are cared for, and if one steps poorly, they will come face to face with the people who tend them.

Culture and Government
Themyscira is home to the Griffari, a race of humanoid bird shifters who are highly isolationist. They acknowledge other races who are truly of the jungle, but they have no love for outsiders. The Griffari are lead by their Mitera, their matriarch and queen, who leads in times of peace and commands the people as a whole in times of war. The Griffari do not have a standing army, for each child is raised a warrior, with their trade or profession held second to their place in their mother’s fighting flock. It is not unknown for them to hunt among the other peoples of the forest, the purpose of which, whether for food, sport, or religious rite, is unknown to outsiders.

History
Themyscira has not known any sovereign since the fall of Djinn, whose memory is immortalized in the Griffari prophecies. Since that time, the Aeneans made an attempt during the Aevum Hominem, but the difficulty of moving troops through the jungle coupled with the difficulties of fighting a guerilla war on unfamiliar ground forced them to withdraw. It was not until the Aevum Bellum that another significant conquring force penetrated the forest, and in doing so, captured many of the Griffari’s beloved gryphons. The Griffari were forced to withdraw further into the jungle, away from Alexander and Azazel’s armies.