Oasis

Keeper of the sands.

Where the gentle slopes and plateaus of Khyris reach their end, the land turns into hard-packed soil and dry stones. True to their name, the Badlands are only home to the hardiest of creatures. Harsh sunlight beats down constantly, leaving cracks in the earth and dry basins where lakes once resided. Besides the occasional breeze, nothing disrupts the stifling, oppressive heat the land here survives through. Yet, like any desert, there are still signs of life. Here, a lizard scampers across the ground, taking refuge from the heat in a fissure. A flower bush blooms, its roots reaching deeper than any outside the land in search of water. Dragons, too, choose to live here, often finding small oases to build their nests near. Though these larger residents are rare, they too survive, adapting to the heat or only emerging under the cover of night.