Nani Kulanakauhale

A halfling village located on the outskirts of the Fallsworn Jungle, serving as a frontier checkpoint for any wishing to enter the jungle. The town - and a great totem which resides at its center - has existed since before the beginning of the Era of Peace, with its traditions and history preserved only through oral records.

The community itself consists of hunter-gatherers, but they often trade with other visitors who hope to reap the jungle and its denizens for valuables (ivory, furs, rare plants); as such, the town has a surprisingly robust economy and a fairly diverse community (as some passing through have settled in the peaceful village). Though they have some peculiar customs and traditions, the community itself is extremely warm and accommodating of outsiders, with the residents treating them as their own.

History
According to their oral history, a bright light shone down from the sky during the Time of Chaos, carving a totem out of a tree that would become the center of the village. The totem radiates a protective aura around the village and its occupants, and its denizens worship the sun as the brightest light remaining in the sky. There is no written history of the origins of the village.

Worship of the Sun
The residents of Nani Kulanakauhale worship the sun at great length. They pray to it to bring them life, water, and grant its good graces to their hunters. Their primary form of worship involves hourly prayer to the sun, done via a trance where worshipers lie on the ground and extend their hands skyward. Other forms of worship include singing songs of prayer during feasts and times of revelry, and a particularly notable great hunt celebration that takes place when the moon is full and the sun yet remains in the sky (an event that occurs roughly every three years and one that is mostly ignored as a curiosity in the rest of Izal).

Major Characters

 * Meia

Other Locations

 * A totem resides at the center of the village, decorated with jungle beasts and topped by an image of an ape. The origin date of the totem is unknown to the town's residents (it predates verbal tradition, and the town kept no records), and appears to have been directly carved out of a tree. Writing carved into the tree indicates it has a tie to Helm. Those worshiping the totem receive an unknown protective enchantment.