Barinak

Barinak is a village in the Gloomed Jungles of Aeshanadoor, Marquet. Its population exclusively comprises the Gorgynei, a group of lycanthropes.

Description
Barinak is a village located in the Gloomed Jungles of Aeshanadoor in Marquet, settled behind a rocky hillside. It is composed of "uniquely-built" tree houses and huts connected by rope bridges and ladders, cultivated gardens, and small areas of farmland. The village is centered around a small fire pit and a shrine to Sahyaadon, which features a 12-foot tall stone statue that is well over a hundred years old. A temple to Sahyaadon called Zha'Vrollo is within a day's walk of Barinak.

Society
Barinak exclusively comprises lycanthropes of the Gorgynei. As of 843 PD, during Campaign 3, it had a population of 41 people. Some of its residents have taken the Hunter's Bane and are practitioners of hemocraft; these blood hunters are the "Gorgynei proper".

The village grows various tubers for food, including mistfuzz tubers, and apparently sends regular hunting parties into the jungles.

The people of Barinak venerate Sahyaadon and seek her guidance to control their lycanthropy.

History
The Gorgynei initially wandered through Marquet. They left the Oderan Wilds after 836 or 837 PD, found the Hellcatch Valley unsuitable, and ultimately moved on to live in the Gloomed Jungles. They reached an agreement with the Court of the Lambent Path so that they may settle in the Gloomed Jungles and take occasional jobs. This ended the Gorgynei's nomadic lifestyle, and they established Barinak by 843 PD.

In Campaign 3, set in 843 PD, Chetney Pock O'Pea, who sought the help of the Gorgynei, and his companions in Bells Hells were brought to Barinak by Annaline.

Trivia

 * "Barınak" is Turkish for the noun "shelter".