>>716937050
>settlements
nah, honestly
we're LONG past the point of OG MH, since like 2nd gen. There isn't just "settlements" there's whole kingdoms and grand civilizations.
Granted, many fall, but there'll be plenty of times were multiple would exist together, especially in the case of a setting like Riders/Stories were humans have tamed the beasts.

Most monsters barely have a reason to encroach on a village, let a lone a Kingdom unless they're EDs ala Fatalis/Gog/Gorm