The Savage Wastes

The Savage Wastes was a large, once thriving, natural island in the northwestern region of the Ancestor Isles. In the modern day, it is inhabited by Orc tribes, mutated beasts and frequent storms called the Maelstrom, which can cause harm over time if one does not take shelter during it. The local inhabitants have, over generations, gained immunity from the maelstrom's corruptive power. Many scholars argue that the Savage Wastes is where the first life appeared before anywhere else.

Geography

The majority of the Savage Wastes is open, barren flatlands/plains. The eastern most part of the island is mountainous, including a peninsula with snowy peaks. The northern most part of the island is filled with snow covered hills and mountains and is controlled by the tribal, isolationist elder race of Giants. The wasteland does contain two major river systems. The first is fed from the northern mountains and flows south, opening up into the ocean. The other flows east to west from the eastern mountains in the form of two rivers, which form into one before opening up to the ocean as well.

Ecosystem

The ecosystem of the Savage Wastes proper is barren, with few exceptions of a few, small oasis where more plants have the chance to grow and life to be at least somewhat normal. Outside of the oasis, one can observe rocks, clusters of dead trees, some corrupted plant life, and mutated beasts of all chapes and sizes.

Localized Phenomena

The most notable phenomena of the barren plains of the Savage Wastes is the Maelstrom, a wind storm carrying corrupted energy from the Corrupted Mountains off the west coast of the large island. Excluding it's native inhabitants, the storm can corrupt, taint and poison the minds and bodies of nearly any mortal over long periods of time. For non-natives that are there during the storms, there are a few things that can lessen these effects to varying degrees, however slightly. Those are the following:

• Physical shelter
• A blessed or magical pendant of protection
• An alchemic concoction made of corrupted herbs from the region mixed with borage and an alchemical base made of an herb called vervain ground up with small amount of animal fat.

Alternative Name(s)

Savage Wasteland, Orcish Wastes, Savage Frontier

Type

Wasteland

Inhabiting Species

• Maelstrom Hound

Related Materials

• Orichalcum Ore