| The Burning Expanse |
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The Burning Expanse is a vast, flat, wasteland of scorching sand and heat. There is no water in the Burning Expanse save for a small oasis that is surrounded by high, impassable cliffs in the southeastern corner of the area. There are no roads here, no cities, no homes, and definitely no guards or patrols. The area is littered with giant scorpions, giants, snakes and other predators that have adapted well to the harsh conditions. The Burning Expanse is rumored to be the resting place of another of the five ziggurats of Kalijor where the ancient Obscuri artifacts are hidden away from the world. In the center of the Burning Expanse is a large fissure that drops away seemingly into nothingness below and it is within this fissure that there is a long-buried dungeon that adventurers frequent in search of treasures of all kinds. The dungeon is the ancient home of a powerful mage-turned-lich and is crawling with powerful undead of all kinds.