Deadland Desert

Overview

The Deadland Desert lies southeast of settled Dosjorya, and formed as the result of being on the hot, dry side of a rain shadow. Only the Jowlkl Gendirlo and a few other small animals call this arid region home.

Characteristics

The southern portion of Dosjorya's mountains rise higher into the air and because of that they wring out more moisture, resulting in dryer downslope winds. For this reason a desert lies in the south and a grassy plain lies north.
Save for the Canyon River flowing out of Dosjorya's mountains, very few water sources exist in this sandy and rocky land. Nearly all life that can be found in the Deadland Desert makes its home at this river, the scant few other rivers that exist beyond the range of human maps, or at an oasis.
Swaths of red sand dunes sit between stone plateaus and cliffs, though dunes are more common further away from the mountains and are less red according to Gendirl and Innen adventurers. The desert on its western side is punctured by two narrow bands of mountains; the only one of these that is mapped is known as the Metal Tongue Mountains.
Though actual measurements do not exist, the Coloktialo believe the full extent of the desert to be very large, possibly larger than that of The Plains.

Desolation

Much like the Plains to the north, Deadland Desert is thought to be a desolate expanse unfit for human habitation, though for the desert, their beliefs are actually true. It is known that the Metal Tongue Mountains within the western stretch of the desert is full of easy to mine ores, though few have dared to risk their life in search of these riches. Those few that have often return empty handed, unable to carry their spoils the entire way back out of self preservation, or they do not return at all.

Type

Desert