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Elephants occur naturally in the Jungle of the Overworld and amongst the wooded foothills of its surrounding mountains. Their cousins the Wooly Mammoths roam the tundra and taiga forests around the fringes of the Icelands in the Far North. The Pygmies in the heart of the Jungle have bred Pygmy Elephants which are more suited for them to ride and to accompany them on their hidden trails through the Jungle. The Mūmakil are Giant Elephants with four great curved tusks that are Monsters rather than Animals and are found mostly in the forested Southern Uplands of the Jungle and in and around the Kambo Basin. Their equivalent in the Icelands are Giant Mammoths.
There are Jungle Tribes and Beastmasters of the Jungle for whom the Elephant is their Totem Animal. Shamen of the Readers of the Pattern on the fringes of the Overworld Icelands may have been chosen by the Wooly Mammoth as their Totem Animal.
Purist Elephant Cults are mostly confined to the Southern Uplands of the Jungle, with the most well-known being The Grey Sisters, a matriarchal Cult of GANCHA-worshippers who breed and sell Mūmakil. Their main customers are the Hobgoblin King and the Pasha of Iklaron, both of whom maintain elite troops of armoured Mumak Cavalry on which they mount wooden castles armed with Super Heavy Crossbows. The Sisters have also sold Mūmakil to the Greater Orcish Emperor (although the orcs have been less successful in controlling the Giant Elephants).
Elephant Cultists tend to be Neutral/Lawful or Neutral/Neutral and worship GANCHA, the Elephant Goddess: an Aspect of JAPAL, Goddess of Mammals, Whose Clerical Spells are powered by KOROS (or SARAN for N/L Cults). Temples of GANCHA may be found in some Streets of False Gods, the largest Temple being in Iklaron. Elephant Totems of GANCHA are carved by Her Shamen and Clerics in wood or ivory and the Elephant Tribes of the Jungle and Mammoth Shamen of the Icelands worship Her Totems rather than in Temples.
The Dream Kingdom of Elephants is known as the Elephants Graveyard, although strictly speaking the Graveyard is its Sacred Heart, where the wisest Elephant Matriarchs and most Faithful Shamen make their final journey to die and be reincarnated by GANCHA. The rest of the Dream Kingdom commonly manifests as a fertile inland river delta with many wallows. It merges at its fringes with the Tree Kingdoms of the Elephants favourite trees.
Elephant Cultists are noted for their wisdom and long memories, with knowledge being handed down through the generations and preserved by oral tradition. They are peaceful by nature, but fierce in battle when required to defend themselves.
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