The Labyrinth and the Castle Beyond the Goblin CityLocations of Interest:(Note: See the KoTL for further information.)
THE STONE AND HEDGE MAZESThese area's make up the majority of the Labyrinth. With the exception of the various underground tunnels and oubliettes.
The maze itself is home to a plethora of plant and animal life of all shapes, sizes, and oddity. Typically strangers might even come across a goblin or two as the denizens of the Labyrinth commonly wander the maze mostly in drunken stupors. The maze is also home to random travelers and the homeless or reclusive of Jareth's kingdom. Yes, even in a Kingdom full of goblins there is such a thing as the social classes.
Typically the stone maze is the quieter of the two areas and you are more likely to stumble across secret meetings, drunken and or passed out goblins, and unhappy magical enchantments in need for some new company. The stone maze is also much harder to navigate if your just visiting than the hedge maze is.
The hedge maze on the other hand is closer to the Goblin City and thus much more dangerous to navigate through despite the fact that it seems pleasant enough. Lots of fights between goblins and other creatures such as gnomes happen here. There are also an abundance of homeless. It is not uncommon to find creatures and things hiding in the hedges and a person should be very careful of their arms and legs as the hedge maze has a tendency to shift suddenly and without warning.
THE BOG OF ETERNAL STENCHThe Bog of Eternal Stench is thought to be located somewhere to the north-west of the Goblin City and is a necessary evil if one intends to avoid traveling through the Arid Flats. It is widely considered to be the most unpleasant location in the Labyrinth and quite possibly the entire Underground. Even the Goblins tend to avoid going near it at all costs. It is said that if a person so much as sticks a toe within the bog's putrid muck they will smell bad for the rest of their lives. No one seems very intent to test this theory.
The Bog's bridge is guarded by a Labyrinth Knight by the name of Sir Didymus and, his trusty Sheepdog steed, Ambrocious. The fox-like knight seems to be numb to the bogs unspeakable odor.
The bog is also one of the most actively dangerous areas in the actual Labyrinth as it so near the Fire Marsh. Criminal activity is rampant here, given that many creatures wont bother to stay too long; making it an ideal location for those who don't want to be found. Hence the Labyrinth Knights have taken it upon themselves to station Sir Didymus at the bog's bridge in an attempt to keep the unsavory out of the Goblin City. While it is unclear how effective this tactic has been, both the Labyrinth Knights as well as the Goblin people agree that if Sir Didymus doesn't scare you his unrelenting chatter and Don Quixote-like bravado and enthusiasm will!
THE ARID FLATS
The Arid Flats is located directly to the South East of the Goblin City and is characterized by its desolate desert like atmosphere and mountainous piles of Junk. It is largely considered the territory of the mysterious and nomadic Junk People who regularly traverse its surface sorting through the piles of junk in a futile search for their lost ???pretties'. Beware. It is rumored that people who travel uninvited into the Arid Flats have been known to disappear or lose their memory causing unsuspecting victims to wander lost and aimless forevermore.
In the past the Arid Flats were largely considered an outer defense of the Goblin City however in recent years the desert has undergone new occupation. It is now the self proclaimed providence of the Dark Sorceress Ariadne. Who seems intent upon making life as difficult as possible for the Goblin King and the other Denizens of the Labyrinth.
On the surface the Arid Flats seem desolate and barren, full up with mountains of junk and enormous boulders. Fires and strange unexplained explosions often occur here. The bulk of the make shift domain of the Junk People is largely underground and deceptively burrowed into the hearts of the larger accumulations of trash. There is believed to be a vast system of underground tunnels, not unlike that of a rabbit warren, that connect to the greater tunnels of the Labyrinth as well as the many oubliettes, however in recent years Jareth as made sure that many of these passages have been closed off for security purposes.
The individual dwellings of the Junk People are formulated much like rat nests. Each individual Junk-person is responsible for his or her own lodgings and the Junk People in general are highly solitary creatures that often compete against their own kind for resources and space.
It is hard to say who or what the Junk People actually are, although, it has been speculated by outsiders that the Junk People are a particular kind of goblin. While an excellent theory the Junk People do not seem to have the same connection the the Goblin King that the goblins in the the city do; leading other more educated types to speculate that the Junk people are in fact a large grouping of dwarves that for one reason or another have befallen some terrible enchantment causing them to wander the Arid Flats aimlessly in pursuit of their precious ???pretties' long since lost to them.
