Shadowlands
While the majority of the planet of Desolation gets sunlight at least for certain portions of the days or years, the Shadowlands are the areas in between - those that receive no light whatsoever, during any part of the year. The shadowlands are frigid and barren, with little life able to survive within them, even compared to the less-than-thriving wildlife of the rest of Desolation.
Geography
The Shadowlands are locate within the inner, fragmented parts of the planet, shadowed from the sun at any given point either by their own part of the planet or the other. As such, the geography of the region is particularly rocky, with a multitude of cliffs, valleys, and crevices. This is known to make the region particularly difficult to traverse, the only group of people known to do so being the Shadewalkers, a group of planetary nomads dedicated to a life in the Shadowlands.
Localized Phenomena
One of the most common natural events in these areas are rockfalls. The ground is not at all stable, and this often results in unsteady footing and loose rocks. While travelling through the Shadowlands, one can nearly always here an unsettling rumbling noise from the ground - the question is only how close or far away these noises are originating from.
Fauna & Flora
The only plant life naturally growing in the Shadowlands is known as duskroot, a grey grass-like plant growing within crags and cracks of the rocky ground in the areas.
There are a handful of animals that can be found in the regions, though most don't spend their entire lives there. Linngoatsare one of the few that make their homes in the region, eating mostly duskroot and able to navigate the rugged terrain. Flitting between the Shadowlands and the sunlit areas of Desolation are the dawnbirds, who fly high above the ground and into the barely-present atmosphere of the land, sometimes even drifting just below the vacuum of space. They primarily eat dustworms, a small decomposer species living in the rocks and dirt.
There are a handful of animals that can be found in the regions, though most don't spend their entire lives there. Linngoatsare one of the few that make their homes in the region, eating mostly duskroot and able to navigate the rugged terrain. Flitting between the Shadowlands and the sunlit areas of Desolation are the dawnbirds, who fly high above the ground and into the barely-present atmosphere of the land, sometimes even drifting just below the vacuum of space. They primarily eat dustworms, a small decomposer species living in the rocks and dirt.
Comments