*There is some of that, but human intent has an effect on the fabric of the universe. The elders and shamans came together here to talk of war and peace, the future and the past, hunting rights and herd management. They traded knowledge and goods, girls and boys to strengthen bloodlines. It became a powerful locus and place where the shadow realms almost touched the anchor realm. The unwary could walk from one to the other without realizing it. At its peak visitors from the jungle nations far to the south visited and treated here.*
Elgin muttered, “And the white man came, debased and destroyed it all.” It was a common refrain to many things Amerind.