Vilous | Thekan, Northeast on Tal - Plain with Mucilaginous Lake

Hello Vilous fans! As part of our hiatus updates, we are ready to bring forth more intermission art featuring more areas from the Thekan, as well as the artwork which is drawn by Mick Ono!

Please enjoy the newfound lore on this interesting and quite vast Northern landscape.

Lore on the artwork

Somewhere within the Northeast land on Planet Tal, towards the later stages of the Rain Calendar.

This is a place nestled between plain and wetland within the Thekan area, located at the foot of the Northern Lyvank Mountains.

 There is a Sergal adorned in Shigu armor, standing atop the balcony of a building. As their face reveals Eastern lineage features, one can assume that they have Eastern origins, while belonging to Shigu, the same as with Kadd’s case.  

Many buildings like this are erected at intervals spanning across the long road which leads from Reono towards Shigu, in order to work as a guard post as well as a fort to monitor goods, conveyancers, refugees, traders and so on.

In the later stages of the Rain Calendar, in addition to their original functions, these buildings would start to serve the same purpose as that of those on the Salt Road heading towards Gold Ring from Reono do; inspection of goods which have the potentiality of biological threats, sneaking parasites, and observation of Talyxian biomes.

There is a grassy plain area stretching outwards from the building, with orange grasslands which can be seen, a very common plain in the surrounding Reono region. These grassy plains still have the risk of obscuring view to the feet, however, they are comparatively safe areas, as having a low mutability ratio and few threatening creatures. Generally, the grassy plains areas in Talyxian biomes are considered to be safer than forest areas.

Beyond the grassy plain, there is a Talyxian lake or swamp which is composed of mucilaginous water. This water area may disappear by virtue of drying up, depending on the season. Within these mucilaginous water areas, various kinds of Talyxian creatures such as planktons and small aquatic animals live. They range from comparatively big ones to smaller sized ones.

With regard to the relationship with people, native Northern folk are familiar with them and have been making use of these water areas for a long time. However, people who come from other regions often avoid or do not prefer to use them as there are many unidentified microorganisms within the water source, such as river and swamp in Northern lands. Of course, salt lakes are exempt from this situation. Because of their saline content, it ensures fine hygiene while keeping at bay any potential threatening Talyxian microorganisms.

In the later stages of the Rain Calendar, Northern lands would benefit from organized, clean water sources, such as dug wells and water drawn from the Lyvank mountains.

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Due to this newfound lore, we have updated the Thekan article! 

We hope these Lore-focused entries could help everyone learn more about the wonderful world of Vilous!

Also, my +$5 supporters can peek and enjoy a little extra tidbit as a bonus for Patrons, insights and background tips which are shared only among Vilous creators!

[+$5 patreon supporters post and Creator Insight!]

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[Notice of my new Patreon policy]

Due to the new policy of my Patreon Vilous content, 100% decided-upon lore concepts will be shared as a public release! Meanwhile, the full and original size versions of the artwork, undecided lore, and raw concepts are still provided for my $5 Patreon members, to preview and get sneak peeks to Vilous!

In addition to this, I'd like to share the in-depth insight and tips. As these tips or insights are not required to have a good understanding of the manga or create rich fan creations, it will certainly expand upon the universe. As such, they will remain an exclusive Patreon-only bonus. This will continue to feature extra backstory details and further explanations behind the public lore! Thank you!

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