#compulsory 'their cultures are not a 1 to 1 representation of the places theyre based on' etc etc

[cain-e-brookman]

It's Wednesday, even if I almost forgot, so happy WBW! Where would you most like to live if you were transported into your own setting?

Honestly, no contest, i'd live in Uslaria, where my current WIP takes place! The climate and local flora/fauna are mostly based off of the PNW where I'm from so the weather would be my speed. The part of the country Uthyr lives in is pretty similar in climate to Southern Oregon, more specifically the Rogue Valley, so I think I'd rather go farther north in Uslaria and as close to the coast as possible. If I could pick exactly where, it'd be on the outskirts of Crescaeya in a small little house on a cliff facing the ocean. Besides the weather, the country is very peaceful, is home to many animals both magic and mundane, and for a human kingdom, life is slow and easy. The main downside is that outside of two large cities, there's just not a lot of civilization, and I'm too pretty for manual labor.

Failing that, I'd want to live in the Ixoryn Marshes, which are largely based on the Louisiana swamp lands. (Running joke in canon is that whoever named the Marshes didn't know the difference between a marsh and a swamp. The meta part is that I was that whoever. I came up with the name as a teen, but didn't realize the landscape I envisioned at the time was a swamp not a marsh, and at this point I like the name too much to change it, oops.) Can't take heat or humidity well, but the Marshes are famous for their food and--just like when I visited a friend in Thibodaux last year--I decided I would be willing to live on the sun for easy access to boudin, crawfish, and po boys. I think if you dropped a group of Cajuns into the Marshes they'd invent the best damn cuisine in the world with access to some of the weird magical critters running around in there. The main downside to the Marshes is worshiping Nybiegh, the God of the Silver Moon, is not really an option and there's no less than 15 things in any given square mile of the country that can kill you. I do stay up at night dreaming about the fantasy food that would come out of here though.....imagine.