Beastkin Empire.
The Lafamoji Plains lay along the coast in the northeastern part of the Beastkin Empire.
Though the plains were not vast, the land was exceptionally fertile. Great stretches of fescue and timothy grass grew there, both rich in nutrients.
As a result, herds of cattle and sheep roamed the grasslands, producing an enormous amount of meat every year.
Yet it was precisely because of the fertile land and abundant meat production that the Elephantkin Tribe and Foxkin Tribe, two great royal clans of the Beastkin Empire, began fighting over it.
After numerous wars, however, the Foxkin Tribe's Hidden Valley Clan ultimately gained the upper hand and claimed the more fertile eastern region of the plains as its territory.
The western region, meanwhile, was occupied by the Elephantkin Tribe's Deep Tower Clan.
After the division, because the eastern Lafamoji Plains were more fertile, the Foxkin Tribe harvested vast quantities of meat each year, gained many new clansmen, and developed rapidly.
But the good times did not last. After the Pirate Alliance and Noble Council jointly announced Plunder Month, forces from across the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands swarmed in from the sea like sharks scenting blood.
For the Hidden Valley Clan, this was undoubtedly a disaster from the heavens. During the early Plunder Months, they suffered devastating losses.
It was not until the Hidden Valley Clan stationed large numbers of troops along the coast and even built several fortresses that the situation gradually improved.
But the losses added up. Every annual Plunder Month, attacks from the various forces of the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands cost the Hidden Valley Clan many of its people.
Year after year, the Hidden Valley Clan, once one of the Foxkin Tribe's four great clans, gradually declined amid the unceasing wars.
This change naturally