5. DESERT HUNTER: SOUTH IRUSAQ,

15^th CENTURY POST IMPERIUM

Having ventured into the Southern part of Irusaq within the past 300 years, the Irusaqi government not only made treaties with the great city of Ssissao, but established new trading ventures to the satisfaction of both regions.

The huge deserts of Southern Irusaq are very dangerous – and just one of these dangers has proven to be a profitable trading source – the giant desert crustaceans called hissuks, which make delicious eating providing they are prepared correctly. Desert hunters do good business by catching the young hissuks and selling them to both Ssisao and North Irusaq. This Hunter’s Robe always features the camouflage and armour, which more or less protect the Hunter from being ripped apart and consumed. Hunters must be extremely quick, skilful and daring.To catch the monster crabs, Hunters make snares of red metal wire, and once caught, the hissuk is dispatched by hammering red metal stakes into its vital organs. Only the red metal, sourced form Iboriis, can penetrate the carapace. Till recently this metal has been regarded as worthless, but now its value has soared. The Desert hunters are convinced that it has magical properties, but since it has never been tested, this cannot be proven.