====== Saurian Wasteland ====== This vast, barren landscape lies beneath a constant layer of mist. Home to the [[saurian|Saurians]], the land is dry and arid, devoid of much vegetation. A river trickles into a dry [[dunshab_lakebed|lakebed]], the only visible source of water in the area. The landscape is dotted with high plateaus reaching up from the earth below. The wasteland is surrounded on all sides by tall rock walls, making access treacherous at times. A winding trail is located on the southern wall. Located along the northern wall is the village of [[hornhelm|Hornhelm]]. ---- {{ ::saurianwasteland_2_.png?800 |}} ---- ===== Points of Interest ===== * [[dry well|Dry Well]] * [[dunshab lakebed|Dunshab Lakebed]] * [[hornhelm|Hornhelm]] * [[iron lid|Iron Lid]] * [[secret cavern|Secret Cavern]] * [[subterranean lake|Subterranean Lake]] ---- ===== History ===== The land hasn't always been a wasteland. At one time in history, it was rich and fertile, as is evident from the remaining foliage that can seen sporadically throughout the area. >//...the [[saurian|Saurians]] opened a rift to [[kleetoth|Kleetoth]], plane of Crystal. Water flowed into the earth and shot upward into the sky, creating an eternal fog layer above and dry lands below.// > >//I suspect [[kethra|Kethra]] evaporated the wastes to punish the [[saurian|Saurians]] for their trespass into the planarverse.// - Gulpax's Journal (GS-Journal) ---- >//An ancient [[saurian|Saurian]] story of giant reptiles falling from the sky was my first clue that interplanar travel could be possible. One hears stories like this from time to time. In fact, there was a report last week of lobsters raining over [[jolev|Jolev]]. Some fisherman’s joke, no doubt. But the [[saurian|Saurian]] tale was different.// > >//The hail of reptiles was summoned with a crystal, and the sky was forever darkened by haze and the ground devoid of water, leaving the land barren forever after. Just a folktale, I first assumed. But the wasteland shows clearsigns of once-thriving agriculture. Dry river and lake beds crisscross the land. I rightly suspected that something more than folk wisdom was at work.// - Gulpax's Collected Notes and Diagrams - Saurian Wasteland (GS-ADV5) ===== Denizens ===== * Borzish * Chakso * [[crystalline_frog|Crystalline Frog]] * [[grepet|Grepet]] * [[hazan|Hazan]] * Kertigren * [[khalo zat|Khalo Zat]] * Persham * Ulak ---- ===== References ===== ==== Gulpax's Journal (GS-Journal)==== [[gulpax|Gulpax]] has a detailed drawing of the wasteland in her [[gulpax_s_journal|journal]]. Various landmarks are highlighted in the book as well.