From Introduction:
The Dusnak Swamp is designed as a modular location that you can drop into a larger world, complete with character tokens and battle maps.
The Dusnak Swamp is a massive swamp near the coast. Many lizardfolk call it home, as does the odd fugitive or recluse. Most of the year, the swamp is… not safe, per se, but you stand a reasonable chance of cutting through it if you’re careful. This changes drastically in the summer, when the eggs of the lizardfolk begin to hatch and the hunt to feed the young begins. When it comes to food, the lizardfolk do not discriminate between sentient and non-sentient. As one lizard once put it when talking to a bard: “All that’s meat is good to eat.”
Four clans of Lizardfolk call this place home: Toba, the mighty gator riders. Hekla, the agile and dexterous archers and tree-hoppers. Akahoya, the builders and fishers. And finally, Mercato, small but led by a demon-blooded lizard known as a Lizard King. It’s important to note here that during the summer hunt frenzy, the lizardfolk are not “driven mad with bloodlust” or any such thing— they’re still reasonable, sentient beings (the Lizard King excepted, see below) but the young hunger, and they must be fed. If the party can be of more use than their meat would be, a clan may be willing to work with them.
Dusnak Swamp is tough to navigate, especially on foot. Not only does all the scenery blend together, but the need to wade through so much waist-deep water and mud makes any journey take twice as long.
The Dusnak Swamp is in a rather inconvenient place for the local ruling power, herein referred to as the Empire. The Empire maintains a port city to the east, on the coast. If they could build a road through the swamp, it would cut at least a week off of trips inland. As it stands, however, the lizardfolk fiercely oppose such a thing, and have no problem killing Imperials.
Of course, some Imperial officials see the summer hunt frenzy as a good opportunity to wipe out the lizardfolk, since they’ll be weakened from fighting each other.