Nambir Desert

South of the continent of Loderr is the desert of Nambir. Nambir is divided into two distinct regions: the north and the south. The southern region is a scorching, lifeless subcontinent. Thousands of miles of sand without so much as a drop of water make this a place where only the foolhardy dare go. Then again, this is where the orbox is found. (See encyclopedia entry for orbox). The only respite in this flat windy plain is the dunes that are formed amonst the sands. The salt flats and orbox depressions offer no such protection. The temperature is sometimes so hot that one could scramble eggs on a rock. This year-round phenomenon scorches the earth and the creatures that dare venture into barren wasteland. To the north, however, melt water from the mountains feeds into the Ilne river. On either bank, there are irrigated farmlands which produce food for the Bicara people. Beyond the river and it's tributaries lies the territory of the nomadic Jovana people. This area is filled with plants with spines and poisons. Scorpions and snakes abound, feeding on the Jackmice and the roobits. There are patches of strange plants and the colorful insects that inhabit them Jovana collect the plants, insects, and snake venoms along the way to trade for their simple needs. These peoples travel in a seasonal pattern, following the buffalo herds that make their rounds amongst the patches of desert grass that pop up here and there seasonally. Jovana often winter in the caves and valleys of the northern mountains, hunting the goats and sheep that inhabit the slopes. To the far west, low, dry mountains arise like a wall over which is the inland sea. To the east, the land subsides into the ocean, creating a gradual decrease in elevation from west to east, extending out into the ocean. Beyond that is a chain of volcanic islands, protecting Nambir from invasion from the east.