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Kaerugan: The Iron Jungle

Overview

Techno-mystic industrial realm where nature and machine merge; trees hum with memory; entropy forges reclaim BE metal; home to Rustborn cults and guild oligarchs. “Kaerugan” and “the Iron Jungle” refer to the same belt of reclaimed arcologies within Verdathal.

Narrative role

Frontier workshop of the Western Continent: players broker between salvagers, eco-guardians, and smugglers, deciding how far industrial expansion can go before it poisons allied realms. Doubles as a lore node tying Verdathal industry to the Ashen Sands power bleed.

Known facts

  • Once vassal under King Frog; now the Kaerugan Industrial Federation pushes independence.
  • Rustfall (metal rain) and Rust Bloom events mark entropy engine activity; Rustmoss thrives near foundries.
  • Hitomi left living code for Michio here; rumors of a fuel-less fire wielder.
  • Ashen dust drifts east, darkening Eresh skies and trade routes.

Mechanics impact

Environmental hazards (toxic smog, metal rain), faction reputation checks between industrialists and eco-guardians, salvage/entropy crafting loops, and possible chrono-tech experiments that link to time anomalies.

Relationships

  • Verdathal Commonwealth: Parent polity; exports industrial output and reclaimed scrap.
  • Eresh Emirate / Ashen Sands: Receives ash drifts and power bleed from Kaerugan networks.
  • Galport Trade Federation: Brokers smuggled parts and exotic scrap.
  • Technogarch Civilization: Buried tech remnants feed the Iron Jungle's reclamation.

Visuals

Kaerugan iron jungle vista

Rust-choked canopy and arcology spires reclaimed by living machinery.

Kaerugan foundry streets

Foundry streets where metal rain and rustmoss shape daily life.

Sources

  • docbase/kb/locations/index.md (Kaerugan / Iron Jungle notes)
  • docbase/kb/the_great_eclipse_timeline_canon.md
  • docbase/kb/the_kiputer_technogarch_predictive_engine.md

Source excerpts

Ash winds from Kaerugan's volcanic mills drift eastward, darkening the Eresh skies and poisoning trade routes.

CONFIRMED Kaerugan: The Iron Jungle 
A techno-mystic land where nature and machine have merged. The trees hum with memory. Michio tracks rumors of a woman who wields fire without fuel. In this world, he discovers a living code.

Notable NPCs

  • Guild oligarchs / Rustborn leaders (local authority).
  • Industrial philosophers seeking chrono-tech recreation.