Overview
Jahur’s (19.31) first line of defense against the gnolls of the Burning Lands (51.29) is not the Janissary army. The city’s alchemists created a pungent deterant known as the Scent Barrier. It is a network of geysers that blast strong smells - everything from sweet aromas to noxious fumes. Gnolls that attempt to cross become disoriented, and eventually half-blind and insane, thanks to their reliance on their powerful noses. Many animals also keep their distance from the barrier.
Humans can cross the border with few problems. Jahur’s caravans rely on great dodo birds, creatures with a very poor sense of smell, to haul their wagons. Gnolls wishing to travel to Jahur usually take ships. Since no gnoll has ever built or sailed a ship, they rely on invitations from Viceroys or passage from merchant vessels.
Hooks
- How does the Scent Barrier produce smells?
- Gnawer of Flame is one of Jahur’s most infamous gnoll visitors. Who are some others?
