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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 4962702" data-attributes="member: 2">*blink*Oh, bravo! "Speaking of which, your mom says hi."I had been wondering, "what makes this halfling village interesting? Why the heck would anyone want to live somewhere named after mud, instead of in boat-islands like most other halflings on the lake?"My answer was "if in doubt, go cinematic." Mudtunnel is a remnant of some ancient elemental magic that no one can understand today, repurposed to actually be useful.There's a tremendous whirling cylinder of water and mud and weeds that churns out there in the swamp, 1000' long and over 300' tall, but hollow inside - about the same proportion as a 2 liter bottle of soda turned on its side if you slice off the ends. It doesn't do anything, it just churns, which really irritates the arcane scholars who have come to study it. It's also hard to get to, naturally, because the vortex slurps up mud and water around it and sucks it in to the whirling cylinder - but even if the area around it was dammed, as has been tried in the past, the vortex still draws material out of the elemental chaos to keep itself fueled. If you're a small vulnerable bunch of halflings living in a swamp, a place where predators can't easily reach you is darned attractive. So over the centuries halflings have colonized this giant elemental phenomena, driving pilings down through the maelstrom into the ground below. They've built a platform village suspended inside, loud and dirty but very safe. Over the centuries the first few houses have evolved into a tangled maze of buildings and alleys and bridges, with the high-rent district being on either end of the tunnel where there's more light and fresh air. Special ferries have to bring people in and out of the town, since anyone who didn't know how would probably get themselves killed, and the town has thrived despite being a sort of curiosity.</blockquote>

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