Junoon is one of The Four Realms in Athia. It is a realm in the north that, prior to the Break, was ruled by Tanta Cinta and was described as having "rich, fecund forests". It was known among Athians for its' production (and extensive knowledge) of medicinal herbs and the people of Junoon reportedly "greatly valued artistic puriuits of all kinds".
In Chapter Two of Forspoken, Frey Holland and Cuff appear here through a portal in the now-abandoned Junoon Castle, former home of Cinta, and encounter the dragon.
History[]
The History Of Athia[]
Prior to the Break, Junoon was known for its' temperate climate, its' production of medicines and art. It had "perfect" conditions for agricultural pursuits, though these were limited in size by the area's hilly terrains and large forests. In its prime, Junoon was the source of most of Athia's medicinal herbs and the knowledge of their preparation and application.
The Fall of Athia[]
Various archive entries describe the fall of Athia and mentions of Junoon include:
- 9/25/3877: "Junoon Debates the Break"
- 9/26/3877: "Visoria and Junoon"
- 9/28/3877: "Junoon Investigates the Break"
- 12/27/3877: "Junoon Combats the Break"
- 12/28/3877: "The Break Spreads through Junoon"
- 6/17/3878: "Boy's Diary: Familiar Ground"
- 6/30/3878: "Boy's Diary: Discord"
Athian Writings[]
Junoon is mentioned in these archive entries from before the Break:
- Dilts Goldenvoice: Part One and Part Two.
- The Two Little Shepherds: Part Two
Frey's Journey[]
This section may contain spoilers regarding the main story of Forspoken!
Gameplay[]
All regions contain a variety of activities that fall under these categories: fast-travel locations (Pilgrim's Refuge, Belfry); Village, Fortress, Etc; Caves, Ruins, Etc; Photo Spots; Monuments (including Tanta's Familiar Monuments and Flashbacks); Locked Labyrinth; Mutant and Miscellaneous. Below are all of these locations in Junoon and what each of them unlock.[1]
Locations[]
Junoon has nine sub-regions: Cipalian Way, the Blossomwoods, the Harvest Lands, the Wolfwoods, Physic Garden, Crosstide Coast, Nearcoast Terrace, Farcoast Terrace, and Nowhere.
Most of these locations can be directly fast travelled to via either the Pilgrim's Refuge or a Belfry, once they have been accessed - both Nearcoast and Farcoast Terrace have neither and must be accessed via the Crosstide Coast or Nowhere.
Pilgrim's Refuge[]
There are six Pilgrim's Refuge in Junoon:
- Blossomwoods Refuge
- Harvest Lands Refuge
- Physic Garden Refuge
- Crosstide Coast Refuge
- Vistorian Isthmus Refuge
- Junoon Castle Town Refuge
- Nowhere Refuge
In each of these you can find: {tba}
Belfry[]
There are six Belfrys in Junoon:
- Cipalian Way: Southern Belfry
- Cipalian Way: Northern Belfry
- Physic Garden Belfry
- Crosstide Coast Belfry
- Wolfwoods Belfry
- Harvest Lands Belfry
Activities[]
These activites are marked on the main key on the map.
Village, Fortress, etc.[]
Villages, Fortresses, Etc. include: Villages, Fortresses, Guilds and other miscellaneous buildings. These tend to unlock larger rewards (gear), including cloaks, necklaces and nail designs. There are eighteen of these in Junoon.
Villages:
- Bechna, in Cipalian Way, found southeast of Ciaplian Way: Northern Belfry. Unlocks archive entries.
- Biichu, in the Blossomwoods, found north of the Blossomwoods Refuge. Unlocks the Wired nail design.
- Sakal, in the Blossomwoods, found south of the Blossomwoods Refuge. Unlocks a stat increase.
- Tiik, in the Harvest Lands, found northeast of the Wolfwoods Belfry. Unlocks a stat increase.
- Khaas, in the Harvest Lands, found east of the Harvest Lands Refuge. Unlocks a stat increase.
- Sundar, in the Wolfwoods, found northeast of the Wolfwoods Belfry. Unlocks archive entries.
- Uprii, in the Visorian Isthmus, found north of Visorian Isthmus Refuge. Unlocks the Savage nail design.
- Maaf, in the Physic Garden, found northwest of Physic Garden Belfry. Unlocks archive entries.
Fortresses:
- Fort Diivaar, in the Blossomwoods, found southwest of Water Garden: Northern Refuge. Unlocks an EXP boost.
- Fort Puraa, in the Harvest Lands, found southeast of the Harvest Lands Refuge. Unlocks an EXP boost.
- Fort Chahiye, in the Crosstide Coast, found northwest of the Crosstide Coast Belfry. Unlocks the Hope nail design.
- Fort Laayak, in the Physic Garden, found northwest of Physic Garden Refuge. Unlocks the Wisdom nail design.
Guilds:
- Rhodas Guild, in Cipalian Way, found southwest of Cipalian Way: Southern Belfry. Unlocks an archive entry.
- Beryl Guild, in Cipalian Way, found northwest of Junoon Castle. Unlocks archive entries.
- Vanadis Guild, in the Harvest Lands, found northwest of Harvest Lands Belfry. Unlocks archive entries.
- Oxys Guild, in the Farcoast Terrace, found northwest of Nowhere Refuge. Unlocks the Fearless cloak.
Misc:
- Altar of Aasaan, in the Harvest Lands, found northeast of Harvest Lands Refuge. Unlocks the Incomparable cloak.
- Bhulna Villa, in the Physic Garden, found northeast of the Physic Garden Belfry. Unlocks the Gracious cloak.
Cave, Ruin, Etc.[]
Cave, Ruin, Etc. include: Caves, Ruins and any other location that doesn't fall under Villages, Fortresses, Etc. These locations tend to unlock archive entries and stat boosts, rather than gear. There are eight cave, ruin, etc locations in Junoon:
Caves:
- Wayfinder's Cave, in Cipalian Way, found northeast of Cipalian Way: Southern Belfry. Unlocks a stat increase.
- Foothill Cave, in the Wolfwoods, found northwest of the Wolfwoods Belfry. Unlocks an archive entry.
Ruins:
- Ruins of Aspataal, in Cipalian Way, found northwest of Junoon Castle. Unlocks a stat increase.
- Ruins of Teharanaa, in the Nearcoast Terrace, found east of the Crosstide Coast Belfry. Unlocks the Tease nail design.
- Ruins of Koshish, in Nowhere, found southeast of the Nowhere Refuge. Unlocks the Escalate nail design.
Misc:
- Forbidden Meadow, in the Harvest Lands, found northeast of Harvest Lands Refuge. Unlocks the Incomparable cloak. * This can only be accessed after the Altar of Aasaan is completed.
- Abandoned Encampment, in the Crosstide Coast, found southwest of the Crosstide Coast Refuge. Unlocks archive entries.
- Deep Peak Cavern, in the Crosstide Coast, found northeast of the Crosstide Coast Belfry. Unlocks stat increase.
Photo Spots[]
Photo spots are locations for the player to take photos for the Detour (side mission) of New Perspectives. There are seven photo spots in Junoon:
- Junoon Castle
- Muddy Crater
- Junoon Castle Close-Up
- Wolfwoods Waterfall
- Junoon Gates
- Apsaravis' Lair
- Crosstide Coast
Monuments[]
Monuments are split up into three different types marked on the map. Each provide different bonuses or challenges. Monuments to Love, Justice and Strength provide stat increases - Love increases Healing Effects (of healing items), Justice increases Health, Strength increases Defence. Monuments to Wisdom are under the separate category of Flashbacks under the map key and, as such, are marked separately here. Tanta's Familiar Monuments unlock a Tanta's Familiar.
Monuments[]
These Monuments provide stat increases:
- Monument to Love, in Cipalian Way, found south of Cipalian Way: Southern Belfry.
- Monument to Strength, in the Blossomwoods, found north of Blossomwoods Refuge.
- Monument to Love, in the Blossomwoods, found southeast of the Blossomwoods Refuge.
- Monument to Justice, in the Blossomwoods, found southwest of the Blossomwoods Refuge.
- Monument to Strength, in the Harvest Lands, found northeast of the Harvest Lands Refuge,
- Monument to Justice, in the Harvest Lands, found northeast of the Harvest Lands Refuge.
- Monument to Justice, in the Crosstide Coast, found northwest of the Crosstide Coast Belfry.
- Monument to Love, in the Visorian Isthmus, found northwest of the Visorian Isthmus Refuge.
- Monument to Love, in the Farcoast Terrace, found north of the Nowhere Refuge.
- Monument to Strength, in the Physic Garden, found northeast of the Physic Garden Belfry.
Tanta's Familiar Monument[]
These Monuments unlock a familiar of the Tanta in the region, that will hang out in the Refuges or Freys' Room in Cipal, and an archive entry about them. They will also often follow Frey while she is travelling around Athia, outside of combat.
There are four Tanta's Familiar Monuments in Junoon:
- Familiar Monument: East, in Cipalian Way, found north of Junoon Castle Town Refuge. Unlocks Kalpana.
- Familiar Monument: West, in Cipalian Way, found northwest of Junoon Castle. Unlocks Chini.
- Familiar Monument, in the Blossomwoods, found east of the Blossomwoods Refuge. Unlocks Bodhi.
- Familiar Monument, in the Wolfwoods, found northwest of the Wolfwoods Belfry. Unlocks Esha.
The final familiar for Cinta, Advik, can be found in the Cipalian regions.
Flashbacks[]
Flashbacks - or Monuments to Wisdom - are various challenges around Athia. They can be split into a few different subtypes: defeat all enemies, defeat the bosses, reach your destination and townspeople defence. All Flashbacks are timed and have a scoring system, which will reward you differently depending on variation in combat, attacks done without taking damage, villagers remaining (if applicable) and time left (if the challenge isn't a townspeople defence).
There are five Monuments to Wisdom / Flashbacks in Junoon:
- The Tempest, in Cipalian Way, found southeast of Junoon Castle Town Refuge. This is a defeat the bosses type and unlocks mana and either Grainstone or Beamstone.
- Impregnable Defenses, in the Blossomwoods, found southwest of Water Garden: Northern Refuge. This is a defeat all enemies type and unlocks mana and either Balm Flax or Junoon's Mantle.
- Monsters' Lair, in the Wolfwoods, found west of the Wolfwoods Belfry. This is a defeat all enemies type and unlocks mana and either Balm Flex or Junoon's Mantle.
- The Last Stand, in the Crosstide Coast, found northwest of the Crosstide Coast Belfry. This is a townspeople defence type and unlocks mana and Lucid Cluster or Lucid Bloom.
- Run the Gauntlet, in the Physic Garden, found east of the Physic Garden Belfry. This is a reach your destination type and unlocks mana and either Welkin Cluster or Welkin Bloom.
Locked Labryinths[]
There are two locked labryinths in Junoon:
- Locked Labyrinth: Castle, in Cipalian Way, found southwest of the Junoon Castle Town Refuge. Unlocks an archive entry and {tba}
- Locked Labyrinth: Forest, in the Wolfwoods, found north of the Wolfwoods Belfry. Unlocks an archive entry and {tba}
Additional Activities[]
These activities aren't marked on the main key on the map, but can still be filtered for by accessing the legend.
Founts of Blessings[]
There are two Founts of Blessings that unlock specific abilities in Junoon:
- Diversify ability, found northwest of the Crosstide Coast Belfry. This can be unlocked once Tanta Olas' powers have been obtained and unlocks the ability to add a fourth skill to a cloak or necklace.
- Spoof ability, found northeast of the Physic Garden Belfy. This can be unlocked once Tanta Olas' powers have been obtained and unlocks the ability to evade, leaving a decoy copy of yourself behind.
Mutants[]
Mutants in Junoon: {tba}
- Down the Rabbit Hole begins here.