the wetlands

at any given time, the roar of a bull alligator can be heard screaming throughout the swamps and marshes that make up the area of land known as the Wetlands. alligators as common here and are the main predator to be feared here. the Wetlands are a densely forested area of towering cypress trees and mucky land that often acts as quicksand, sucking down those unfortunate enough to cross that section of it. water fills it deeply during the wet months of the year but a muggy sort of heat and humidity denies often the freeze of winter, save for the worst ones. there are points of the Wetlands that have grasses suitable for eating but given the close proximity of it to the Coast, saltwater from the sea often spills into it, tainting both water and food.