Shiro Yoake is surrounded by massive xenofungi forests, stretching from the coast all the way to the skyreach highlands. The wilderness around the city the is rather safe as Sentinels patrol the outskirts, chasing away any large animals that might cause damage to the plantations or the people tending to them. Beyond these patrolled routes the lies the untamed wilderness. Flocks of wild otori roam among the massive fungals stalks while insects both large and small buzz among the flowers. Calls of larger predators can be occasionally heard in the distance, the low-pitched cries echoing among stalks.
The air in the forest is hot, humid and stenches of decaying fungal matter. Visibility is poor as the large fungal caps shade the uneven ground. Small streams run among the large fungal roots, making the terrain hard to traverse on foot. There is little undergrowth, though few species of weeds and flowers grow where light reaches the ground. Large, iridescent centipedes can be seen scuttling among the weeds and roots as they hunt for smaller insects, chittering as they call for each other.
The wreck of Kiyonami that brought the original explorers to Asakaze, lays 20 miles north of the city. The fungal stalks that surrounded the crash site have been wrapped with shimenawa with shide dangling from them. Are beyond the wards is off limits to the general public as the location is considered to be haunted. As far as the characters know, the Phoenix settlers searched and consecrated the wreck eight decades ago - and no-one has ventured into the wreck ever since.
Location rules: Late Evening, Early Night, Late Night and Early Morning slots are considered 'nighttime' for the purposes of random encounters. Random encounters have potential to be lethal.
On foot, it takes an entire time slot to travel to Xenofungi Forest. e.g. if you plan to spend Late Afternoon at the river, you must use Early Afternoon and Early Evening slots to travel. If the character(s) have an access to a mount or vehicle the location can be reached more easily - no time slots need to be reserved for traveling.
If you wish to pass beyond the wards and explore the wreck, please let Tassu know and indicate such thread with the subtitle [Wreck].