Two hexes north, four northeast of Alakran.
This rocky land east of Gheenatru is famous for its black baboons with white faces, known as the Foretellers. They roam in groups of 21-40 adults and the total population is about 80. The legend is that, if one performs the appropriate personal purification rite and approaches a troop of these apes bearing enough food for 20 of them to eat, they will leave scratchings on the ground that -- if interpreted correctly -- foretell the fate of a particularly weighty enterprise in one's future. More verifiably, if a traveller does not leave something for the pack to eat, the Foretellers will start throwing stones, spoiling for a fight.
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