Ponc'tan

Deep in the forest lies a small unassuming stump with mushrooms and moss growing all over it. If you were to crouch low to the ground and press your face to the wood, you might see a small crack near the bottom with a glowing light coming from it. This is Ponc’tan! It is a magical village of little folk, called Poncles, living in a stump in the forest! Poncles are supernaturally agile and strong, able to jump several lengths of their body and carry several times their own body weight easily, not unlike ants or spiders. They live in the forest and spend most of their lives peacefully coexisting with nature, pursuing the arts. Some of the world’s greatest painters and artisans have come from Poncles, such as the legendary Ishaku, who now resides as the village’s defacto leader.

The village itself is unremarkable, but thanks to Waka, the Lucky Mallet sits right on top of the stump, which is a magic mallet that allows anyone hit with it to become as small as a poncle! This effect ends once the people are ready to leave Ponc’tan, and anything they brought with them will also grow in size! This allows for a lot of  “borrower” like items, such as a spear made of a stag beetle horn, a sword made of a scissor blade, or a shield made of a bottle cap! The main person the players will interact with is Yoshun, the shopkeeper of Yoshun’s Notions and a “famed” treasure hunter.

Areas of Interest:
-Yoshun’s Notions

-Ishaku’s House

-Spider Den

Potential Enemies:
-Giant Ants

-Hungry Spider

-[More yet to be found]

Trivia:
-While he rarely is around, Ishaku has a grandson named Issun, who is training to be a warrior artist, and more importantly, a Celestial Envoy (basically a person who draws art to glorify the gods and increase the people’s praise of them). He is quite hot headed and dangerously skilled with the blade, even more than Yoshun and possibly more than Ishaku (if only because of Ishaku’s age).