Kaoshan

Kaoshan, once named 'Botania' by explorers, is the local name for an ancient bamboo forest. Many kinds of plants spawn and absolutely thrive here. The air is thick with the scent of these exotic and beautiful flowers. The area is also home to a large populace of Tanuki, who tend the many dojos scattered throughout the forest. Many travel here to train in ancient martial arts,  far older than the forest itself. Kaoshan is also a biologist's dream, home to hundreds of species of insect found nowhere else on the continent. The locals tell of a guardian panther named Bahxeria who defends the forest from poachers. Though expeditions have turned up no such creature, visitors of ill repute have reported feeling invisible eyes on their backs, and a constant, almost electric prickle along their backs until they leave the area.