The Scarred Lands
"Sweeping meadows and gentle hills abruptly end with plunging cliffs into a crater stretching for fifty miles of twisted broken earth, mangled dead trees, broken siege engines, and ramparts of a battle long past. In the center a huge rift yawns into the void of the Deep Below. Floating rocks and tufts of earth slide through the air uninterested in the physics of this world as strange arcs of magic leap from one spot to another; a lasting lesson for magic used incorrectly for evil intent."
The Scarred Lands are the result of an event known as The Shattering which was caused by an artifact called the Ulticron which was deployed by the Reinhart Union - [LN] in The Last Battle.
Aside from the crater and deep ravine dropping away into the Deep Below the intense magic left the area teeming with anomalies. It isn't uncommon to see creatures/beasts warped by the magic roaming the area, undead still fighting a war that ended a quarter of a century past, floating bits of earth or boulders, or stranger things not fully cataloged.
Magic spells function poorly in The Scarred Lands and usually fizzle but sometimes behave in wild unexplained ways.
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I wonder what locations are within the scarred lands. For example, is there a cave where anomalies have gathered? What has the shattering done to the surrounding flora and fauna? A wonderful cover art image and a very good article that spurns the imagination. I look forward to seeing more of your work.