In this game, two humans wrestle in a stone-bordered arena in an attempt to pin each other to the ground.
All humans and even some elves come together in open areas to play games, the most notable of which is Matca. Exuberants are humans who celebrate life in all its forms, caring little and usually wearing even less, spending their days in their sandstone ziggurats and jungle cities. Drumhunters hunt in packs, using the sonic properties of the jungles' buttressing roots to communicate over long distances. Human life here is about pleasure - the pleasure of the hunt, the pleasure of the body, the pleasure of celebration, and the pleasure of competition. Despite the constant threat of predators, humans have developed ingenious ways to survive in the jungle. These sunseeders use trained gargantuans called plow beasts, and wage a constant war against the rampant jungle growth in their quest for open space. While many still live in primitive dwellings carved out of trees, more and more humans are building permanent villages and clearing land for agriculture. Humans inhabit the forest floor - the most dangerous place in Naya. The unpredictable waterways constantly redesign the jungle tapestry, destroying the open spaces and settlements that humans work so hard to create. When they flood, as they often do, the river's edge swallows huge sections of the forest, forming landlocked lakes. Jungle rivers are dangerously unpredictable. Amid the massive buttress roots are termites, fungi, and oversized logger-ants who hunt by scent and can easily take down an unsuspecting human or elf. Most species that inhabit the lowest level of Naya are forced to survive what falls from above specks of light, dead leaves, and over-ripe fruit. Whereas the elves inhabit the canopy, humans live on the jungle floor, which is a darker, more humid, and more treacherous place than the canopy. On Naya, color means danger: purple flesh-eating flowers, red blood-sucking snakes, and fuchsia fungus vines are some of the species that flaunt their deadliness. Animals, humans, and elves use these lianas as highways to travel across the jungle. The canopy is laced together by massive lianas - thick, woody vines that connect the trees and can grow up to five feet in diameter. In the lowlands, trees grow to incredible heights as they compete for space and sunlight. Most gargantuans live in the lowlands, but a few inhabit the caves and mountaintops. There are volcanoes in the mountains - erupting perhaps once a decade - as well as an extensive and largely unexplored system of caves. Even the non-superstitious Nacatl believe certain creatures emerge from their hiding places during Whitecover - creatures that are never seen by the light of day. Called Whitecover, this fog is so thick it’s almost tangible. It is unusually quiet under the trees when the mist engulfs the mountains. But in the evenings, the air is cooler and the fog settles on the jungle like a heavy hand. When the sun is shining, the jade-green leaves and colorful cascades of flowers stand out in startling contrast against the golden sky. In the mountains, there is sunshine in the morning followed by rainstorms in the afternoon, and mist that rolls in at dusk. The elves worship the gargantuans of the plane, believing that the behemoths' actions are signs from Progenitus, an enormous five-headed hydra who sleeps under the ground in the Valley of the Ancient. The smaller races seek ways to control, or at least understand, these behemoths that share Naya with them. Some of them are so big that they create their climate. During a rampage, they can alter the course of a river or shave off a large section of a mountain.
Most are mammalian carnivores that wander where they please and crush a human village or gulp down a tribe of elves without warning. It seems like a paradise, but that is a deceptive view. Naya boasts an abundance of resources and the most varied forms of life of all the shards. Naya is a glorious tropical jungle plane peopled with perfect specimens of the human, elven, leonin, and minotaur races. In this lush land, life is celebrated and nature is revered. Life, passion, community, and the wild - these are what flourish without the influence of black or blue mana.
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