Shadowfell

The Shadowfell is a twisted and nightmarish jungle that has always been the source of beastly legends. It is, as far as anyone can guess, the ancestral homeland of the Orc and Tabaxi, though how they live in the jungle is unknown, given its deadly predators and rough terrain.

Climate
Existing on the equator, the Shadowfell is a tropical rainforest that is prone to heat that many of Trajan's legions would describe as hellish.

The Northern Shadowfell where the jungle recedes is home to the Hood's Gate region where one can find no lack of bogs within the Savanna.

The enormous jungle plants of this land have perhaps in part lead to the immense size of some of the more legendary creatures.

This place is also home to a caldera known as the Throes of Gruumsh.

History
The history of the Shadowfell is complicated, for the Orcs have no written history of their own, and the Aeytheri who once led expeditions therein had lost their archives during the razing of Aetheron.

In legend, it is stated that the volcanic fissure chasm known as the Throes of Gruumsh is in fact the final resting place of the God's body. Some heathen leaders of the Orcs would claim that the fissure speaks to them as a roaring chasm.During the Second Era, the Hood's Gate region was claimed by Trajan I, and acted as an essential buffer between the Heartlands and the heathen hordes.

During the Third Era, several long wars of conquest were fought waged in the Shadowfell - wars that would have been over quickly for Trajan II if not for his Hood's Chosen. Stories from those wars would lead to a surge of interest in popular culture towards the strange and bizarre landscape lost in time.