Akane the Kitsune
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Tír Briste - The Broken Land
Meaning "broken land" in the language of the people of the surrounding plateau, Tír Briste is a large canyon-like environment that cuts through one of Vashienerth's deserts (quick, someone make a desert!). The land is home to many well-adapted beasts that fight for resources and predate one another. These monsters are endemic, nearly all are arthropods, and the largest ones ensure certain death to most people that enter Tír Briste, but it is still used as a trading route between the plateaus. Highly experienced magicians and inhuman mercenaries are usually hired by caravans that venture into the canyon, as many of its resident beasts have skins as hard as rock or even steel, and are resistant to the weaker fire spells. On top of the desert beasts, the caves and narrow passages of the canyon are crawling with giant, deadly arthropods, as well as small, pesky ones... and fungi. Yet, the most incredible thing about the canyon is its past. The formation of Tír Briste is due to an elaborate process of rapid erosion, that exposed the roof of a system of caves, the very reason that the creatures here are so similar to their underground cousins. It remains as one of the only places in Vashienerth where the mysterious ruins lie exposed, and is a target for scholars. If the place was not as deadly, there would probably be archaeological settlements all over it.
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