The Sandscape of Estras

Splitting the continent of Estras in two, the Sandscape is a treacherous desert.
Home to some few groups of evasive and dangerous creatures, if the scorching heat of the sun does not kill you, the Rolling Scrypt Krolls surely will. It is no wonder that the desert is avoided by all but one class of people which choose to rove the lands of sand and scars as an escape from the law, and even then for only half the months of a year at a time. It is said that the sand is so hot, that an animal or human above ground will be cooked to death in less than a minute. The glassy texture of the Sandscape ground reflects the sunlight in such an intense way, that few will ever venture onto the glassy sands of The Scape. The people who do live there, to escape justice against their crimes, are said to live in extensive underground bunkers in the Sweeping Hills or Broken Mountains.

Geography

The Sandscape, or simply The Scape as it is known to locals, is a large winding desert, which splits Estras in two as it extends from the western shores on into the distant East where the lands are so treacherous few cartographers have returned from their ventures there. The Sandscape is dotted with dunes both high and low, and a range of mountains splits it in half from north to south, though these mountains are weak shadows of their northern and southern kin, windtorn and sandblasted by the torrential storms of the desert. Very few, if any, bodies of water exist in The Sandscape, though some underground springs have been spoken of by bandits who take refuge from the law in bunkers there.

Ecosystem

Just as no fowl has ever dared to settle on the glass shard sands of the Scape, no students or scientists have been suicidal enough to study more than the edges of the desert. Some small lizardouos creatures have been seen skittering across the sand, and of course the Skrypt Krolls are known to live beneath the earth there. Not a single plant has ever been observed in the Scape, but some underground root plants may be used as a rudimentary food supply to those who choose to live there.

Localized Phenomena

The sandstorms of the Sandscape seem endlessly circling the desert. Like a cursed creature, bound to wander. Winds strong enough to rip the top off a mountain mixed with glass shard sand that would flay any but the strongest armored creatures. Within such a storm, no breathing being may stand upon the sands and live.

History

Not much is known of the lands of The Sandscape, save what is recorded in some of the oldest historical Estras records of Sanctuary. Many hundreds of years before, The Scape was once a flourishing land of flowing jewels and precious metals, though the rulers there were haughty and taunted the gods, bringing a sudden and terrible curse to earth. The Scape was transformed, and all traces of that ancient people have been swept from the face of Sanctuary by the raging sandstorms.

Tourism

Bandit King Algit - PG12-45

HA! If you wish to die in the most painful way possible, be my guest!

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Estras