Mantango Village

Located in a damp, forested pocket in the western foothills of Mount Arbora is a village of mushroom farmers. Long ago, the farmers discovered a patch of woods so steeped in magic that the lichen and fungi they grew there have reached such extraordinary sizes, some being large enough to live inside of, and for generations, that is exactly what they’ve done. What was once an empty forest floor and canopy are now sprawling with magnificent homes and businesses, all carved from the giant mushrooms the farmers planted so many years ago.

Mushroom Clans

There are several known farming groups in Matango Village, each one with its own specialty mushroom that they have grown for generations. They’ve cultivated the land for years to produce the optimal conditions for their fungi to bear fruit. This terraforming has created sections of the surrounding forest that are unique to each of the families.

Farmers of Mantango Village

Matsutake Gang

The Matsutake Gang are a proud, rough and-tumble group of disparate people who joined together out of a sense of found family and a common love of mushrooms. Matsutake Gang members are often covered in earth from their work cultivating and harvesting their produce and live in large, rough hewn houses.

Red Chanterelles

The Red Chanterelles are a family of fashionable farmers who are known for their crimson cloth and exceptional haberdashery. Along with their outstanding mushrooms, the Red Chanterelles produce fine clothing, lush dyes, and stylish shoes.

Reishi Clan

The Reishi Clan are an order of farmer-philosophers who live and work in a way where farming has become a deep, contemplative act. Their monastic lifestyle has become known throughout Obojima, and occasionally the Reishi Clan will allow visitors to come to their mushroom monastery and meditate.

Porcini Family

The Porcini family has been in Matango for generations, and are known for their singing, their joie de vivre, and their lavish dinner parties where any welcomed guest becomes an honorary Porcini family member for the evening. Although the Porcini family is well cultured, they are not above rolling up their sleeves, gathering their gardening tools, and standing fast to fend off would-be mushroom thieves.

Culture in Mantango

The farming community of Matango Village has always been jovial and kind to one another. Each week, the villagers gather in the center of town where they swap stories, share new ideas, discuss whose gourmet mushrooms are the most coveted, and, after a bountiful harvest, they host their mushroom market where buyers come from all around to purchase the latest flush of mushrooms. The quaint town is also known for its Truffle Festival, which sees eager truffle hunters from all across the island flooding into the nearby woods.

The Reign of the Truffle Prince

The Reign of the Truffle Prince Every year, people from around the island descend on Matango Village to participate in the annual Truffle Hunt. A celebrated competition where hundreds of villagers, adventurers, and truffle aficionados search the wilderness surrounding the village in hopes to find as many of the 73 unique mushrooms that grow in the area. The winner of the contest is crowned the Truffle Prince, a title that comes with the distinction of communing with the Great Pig Spirit, Roghora, and enjoying delightful feasts prepared in the spirit’s honor. The Truffle Prince reigns, enjoying all the benefits and honors befitting the title, until the next hunt the following year.

The Domain of Roghora

The elder pig spirit, Roghora, has called the Matango woods its home for centuries. It’s said that the spirit found respite here after it fought the Great River Mu and lost in a devastating defeat that nearly took Roghora’s life. While injured, Roghora lived in the woods, feasting on the vast variety of mushrooms and wildlife. After a year of recovery, Roghora eventually decided to stay and make the land its domain. Since then the woods have slowly become infused with Roghora’s magic, shaping the land to its liking and producing an abundance of its favorite food—mushrooms.

Points of Interest

Mushroom Houses

Each farming clan in Matango Village has a giant house version of their particular species of mushroom, complete with hallways, staircases, and rooms in which the group lives. Smaller mushroom houses surround the main houses, providing space for guests and other farming community members to live. These homes are carved from centuries-old mushrooms that can grow in the forest in the right conditions

Pig Pen

The aptly named Pig Pen is the communal home and facility of a local guild of pig farmers known as Snout. For decades the guild has produced some of the highest qual ity truffl e hunting pigs the town has seen, all of which were born and raised behind the closed doors of their barn-like manor. Recently, they have lost some of their sway within the community after the title of Truffle Prince was given to Reheni and her mutt of a truffle-hunting pig, Gooma.

Moss Boiler

This outdoor food stall is home to a local delicacy called moss boil, an unusual dish that takes the normally inedible laughing moss and turns it into a deli ciously complex and springy faux noodle dish. The famed dish was created by the owner and chef of the Moss Boiler, Rokoko, a large bipedal beetle spirit and collector of odd ingredients. Since the humble shop was established a year ago, Rokoko has enjoyed the fame of a local celebrity but in recent months has struggled to keep up with the demand his fame has created

Type

Village