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==The Oasis of Esau==

This unnaturally large oasis is the size of a small lake and fed by several fresh water springs that spring, seemingly magically, from a series of rocky outcroppings that poke out of the surrounding desert sands.

It not only serves as an important water resource for all the creatures of the desert, but is also held sacred by the desert centaur tribes. They claim that it was created millenia ago when an ancient human prophet, leading his tribesman out of captivity from the south, smote the rocky outcroppings with his staff and presented the oasis as a treaty offering between his people and the centaurs.

The Desert Centaur Tribes all meet and drink from the oasis, but none may fight, however much they may hate their tribal enemies. Non-centaur races are not allowed to drink from the oasis without first gaining the protection and escort of one of the centaur tribes. This can be obtained many ways and certain merchant caravans have long standing and profitable agreements with specific tribes to allow them to use the oasis on their trips north and south...