(Area Overview) Madou Village

[The Phantom God]

This humble tropical village is nestled between the woods and the mountains, south of the Forest of Light in particular. Very rural even for the Madou World, pretty much every house house has at least fifty to one hundred feet between it and the next, if not more. Houses are also nestled snugly within the forest surrounding them, creating an unusual effect wherein one might be fooled into thinking that they were not, in fact, in civilization from the perspective of a single house. You might be able to see maybe one house from your from your own if you're lucky. This beautiful rural view and generous yardspace comes at a cost, however. The wooded area containing the village is a good, long distance from the nearest lake or river. As a consequence, however, it doesn't have easy access to the water compared to say Ruins Town. This can be clearly seen in the slightly more urban layout of Ruins Town, with many more residents and a more thriving economy. In comparison, you won't find any shops in Madou Village and basic things like water must be stored for later use rather than brought fresh every time one needs a drink. In exchange, Madou Village is protected from the risk of flooding for the most part and provides a much quieter, tighter knit community wherein most people know eachother and everyone goes to the same school.

Speaking of Madou Village's school, the Madou Village Kindergarten is a pretty respectable place in spite of its humble setting. You can find a large library with lots of local lore and basic arcane theory for you to read up on or ask the school's teacher for aid in your learning. Although the school is called a kindergarten, it's perfectly qualifies to aid older magicians. Madou Village used to be Arle's hometown; she attended the Magic Kindergarten and lived at the village's southern border, a bit out of the way even by the village's standards. Her grandmother, in turn, lived even farther out of the way to the east, just past an unnamed canyon. Most of the building in Madou Village are exceptionally humble. There's no electricity, much as you'd expect. Homes are small and don't have a great deal of luxuries in them. It's the closest thing the modern madou world has to a lower class in society. Many members of the village generally travel to Ruins Town when they need to shop and some also go there for work related reasons.