"All hope is lost in the ice."
Once part of chilly but forested Yug'Endul, Orendul is the great southern terminus, a mysterious and rarely visited continent half-covered in a thick sheet of ice. Orendul's uniced southeastern mountains and valleys are so dry and cold that virtually nothing survives there but ancient ruins from a more forgiving climate. A rich variety of marine life adapted to the extreme cold swims along Orendul's coasts, employing gigantism to resist the cold, oxygen-poor waters. Only a thin skein of swimming birds and seals are known to reside along the coast. Significant ruins of a race tipped into extinction by the Great Burial can be found in the south-east, though so little is known that it's practically a matter of legend. Depictions and remnants of land dwelling creatures that look something like a worm crossed with an upright squid have been reported by explorers.
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