[center][h1]King Ruffles Guide to:
[u]Neutral Zones[/u][/h1][/center]
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[i]Hello dear readers. If you have a copy of this book, then congratulations for joining the greatest of the factions and hope to see you on Taco Tuesday. For anyone who happened to get this book from anywhere besides a licensed Demonic recruiting office, then you will be hearing from our lawyers shortly.

And believe me, Hell has more then enough lawyers to deal with you all.

But moving on, the topic for this chapter of the Encyclopedia Nexica -that everyone has definitely read from front to back before committing their eternal souls to a ceaseless war without end- is covering the dangers that exist outside of our war. Dangers that were present [b]before[/b] our war even began.

Someone, not going to point any fingers here, thought to label these dangers as 'Neutral Areas.' He was probably miffed that Savage Lands was trademarked by some Machina / Human hacks, but that's a story for another time. 

Neutral Areas, or Hostile Zones, Untamed Land, and OH DEAR GOD IT'S EATING MY FACE! (as one fateful transmission from a MIA exploration party apparently named it with their final breaths) are areas of the Nexus that are controlled by beings who were present before the War of Triumvirate began. Now I can imagine all you lords, ladies, and fellow cosmic terrors must be thinking that these petty barbarians can't possibly oppose [b]you[/b], let alone the combined armies of Hell? 

In a word, yes, yes they can. These places are so hostile to outside life that it would take most of the focus along with the vast resources of Hell and its armies to deal with even a moderately sized one, and the sentiment is bitterly shared among the Machina and Heaven. The inhabitants of these regions are variable in form and temperament, impossible by any sort of natural selection, leading to a prevailing theory that they were seeded there some time ago. What's more, the very environment will fight back against attempts at encroaching upon it. 

Deforestation is rather hard when the forest wants to re-enact the climax of Two Towers, and try making a Dwarven forging facility when the sentient lava refuses to go down the pipes. Even the all consuming corruption of demon kind is rendered moot on this protected land. 
 
Now there have been rumors of areas that are 'friendly' and 'inviting of outsiders.' Perhaps a few of the kitchen staff heard of a utopia for escaped sleeves and think they skip out on making me a bowl of Gazpacho. You really shouldn't believe everything you here, people. This is a universe of nothing but conflict, of course the invitations are lies! Especially that slave utopia. I don't need the railroad getting more traction...

Anyway, here's a summary of what you should have learned here: 

	1) There are parts of the Nexus that remain outside of any faction's control. No one can even consider clearing it without leaving their territory weak to the other factions. Thus, these spaces are Persona Non Grata and given a wide berth unless absolutely necessary. 

	2) Any invitation to enter one is just asking to spend eternity enslaved to various beasts / cosmic horrors / bodacious warrior woman. If that's your thing, then by all means, the gene pool doesn't need you contributing to the population any longer. This goes double for escaped slaves. Make it triple cause I don't want you shirking on my lunch.  

	3) If you do happen to find yourself in such a place by some stroke of misfortune or have been sent on a suicide mission, keep in mind that if the inhabitants aren't super powered, then something you have failed to see probably is. If you see no inhabitants, then you have probably failed to notice the mountain behind you has moved thirty feet closer in the past five seconds. And if you happen to find yourself in a field of sunflowers, then commence sticking your head between your legs and kissing your ass goodbye. 

Hopeful you all have learned much from this chapter. Now stayed tuned for my riveting Girls Gone Wild story that gave me Deva's 3 sizes and showed me that even Eos has a soft side!
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