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@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ Describe branch here.
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Temple
-Describe branch here.
+The Temple of some of the Gods, a place of peace and refuge
+from the insanity of the dungeon.
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Orcish Mines
-Describe branch here.
+The mines of the orcs, filled with their gold, but
+treacherous and easy to get trapped in.
%%%%
Elven Halls
@@ -21,19 +23,24 @@ Describe branch here.
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Swamp
-Describe branch here.
+A swampy waste land, complete with ooze, muck, flies, and
+large slavering carnivorous monsters.
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Shoals
-Describe branch here.
+Here be the Shoals: exotic underground beaches, salty spray and
+creatures that bite, stab, and maul.
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Slime Pits
-Describe branch here.
+The amorphous realm of acids, jellies and slimes.
+Any trace of intelligent beings has long been dissolved. Still,
+there are rumours of great treasures deep down, hidden safely away
+in secret chambers without door or window for acid to leak in.
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Snake Pit
-Describe branch here.
+Home of the serpent, lair of the naga.
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Hive
@@ -53,7 +60,19 @@ Describe branch here.
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Tomb
-Describe branch here.
+The Tomb of the Ancients, a place of damnation, of horrors animated
+by the vilest necromancy.
+
+"In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though
+the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to forget their
+existence, and the buried ones, or prisoners whom they hide. But
+sometimes, and oftenest at midnight, those dark receptacles are flung
+wide open. In an hour like this, when the mind has a passive
+sensibility, but no active strength; when the imagination is a mirror,
+imparting vividness to all ideas, without the power of selecting or
+controlling them; then pray that your grieves may slumber, and the
+brotherhood of remorse not break their chain."
+ - Nathaniel Hawthorne
%%%%
Hell
@@ -79,3 +98,4 @@ Zot
Describe branch here.
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+