04-21-2007, 02:07 PM
The Burning Expanse is a huge area of desert that lay south od the Southern Plain of Serenity and stretches to the south edge of Kalijor. On the western edge it butts up against the Endless Ocean and stretched far to the east until it runs into the southern tail of the Uraval Mountains.
The burning Expanse has only two remarkable features. The first is an oasis, surrounded by high cliff walls in the bottom central area of the region, the other is a deep fissure in the sands a bit northwest of the oasis. The fissure is the entry point to several deep caverns beneath the surface where adventurers seem to favor looking for treasure.
This region is populated by tribes of creatures that have insect-like lower bodies and somewhat human upper bodies. They are a war-like race that tends to prey upon travelers, then use the equipment they scavenge from them to wage war against their own rival tribes.
There are also numerous desert species living here, mostly snakes, insects and smaller animals, a few birds of prey and the occasional larger predatory animals.
The average temperature in the Burning Expanse is in excess of 40 degrees Celsius with almost no measurable precipitation.
The burning Expanse has only two remarkable features. The first is an oasis, surrounded by high cliff walls in the bottom central area of the region, the other is a deep fissure in the sands a bit northwest of the oasis. The fissure is the entry point to several deep caverns beneath the surface where adventurers seem to favor looking for treasure.
This region is populated by tribes of creatures that have insect-like lower bodies and somewhat human upper bodies. They are a war-like race that tends to prey upon travelers, then use the equipment they scavenge from them to wage war against their own rival tribes.
There are also numerous desert species living here, mostly snakes, insects and smaller animals, a few birds of prey and the occasional larger predatory animals.
The average temperature in the Burning Expanse is in excess of 40 degrees Celsius with almost no measurable precipitation.