Bleached Wasteland
The Bleached Wasteland is a geographical region in the Terran continent.
Overview
Located south of Columbia and north of Sargon, the Bleached Wasteland is a lowland desert that is famous for its hostile environment covered by only gray salinized sand, eroded landforms, and fossils of giant creatures found in the region. Traditional geologists believe that the region was formed by evaporation from parts of the Great Lakes in southern Columbia as rivers shifts their flow to other nearby lakes, but the latest geological survey discovered that the region appears to be "dried up" within a short span of time that caused the Great Lakes region to experience drastic environmental changes.[1]
The Bleached Wasteland is a land of mystery filled with various legends describing the place as a no-man zone. In Columbian folklore, the Wasteland is believed to be the secret hideout of Gaulish restorationists where they built underground fortifications and where they buried the corpse of Corsica I after the War of the Four Nations. Some also believe that these giant fossils uncovered in the region are surprisingly the ancestors of modern burdernbeasts. Maylander once initiated an archeological excavation in the region where they uncovered many buried ruins, but the region's hostile environment brought severe casualties and financial losses, forcing Maylander to shelve the project.[1]
The Sarkaz view the Bleached Wasteland as a sacred yet desolate site. The region was in fact the site where the first Teekaz civilization was born and the first city-state of Kazdel was set up before the "Descending War" between the Teekaz and the invasive Ancients and Elders in 9,000 BCE. The region's constant Catastrophes and hostile environment are in fact the consequences of the summoning of the Ananná by the Farchaser through the earliest witchcraft, the first Catastrophe in Terran history.[2] Since the first Ananná, many Sarkaz attempted to reclaim the region but in vain. Notably, during the Second Kazdel Era in the reign of the three sage-kings, King Balor'sača and the Diablo Condemnor Clan attempted to retake the region, but would eventually meet his end at the hands of Qui'lon the Errant Overlord.[3] Since then, the Sarkaz Royal Court and the Kings of Sarkaz have long abandoned the region, leaving the Wasteland to be reclaimed by Originium and Catastrophes, while later generations believe that the Wasteland has been under the eternal curse of the Diablo's dead spirits.[1]
Trivia
- The Bleached Wasteland appears to be an analogue to the Negev in the Levant such as its arid climate and its proxy to the Dead Sea that form its lowland region.
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