A volcanically active region with plains home to a city and town. The city has a regionally specific beverage created by meeting of two cultures. There's a big sporting event that's about to happen. The town nearer to volcano has some kind of reptile dish, and there's some prospecting for resources going on. The inkeeper in town is ferociously wholesome. There's a scholar who's on a mission to find or recover a very specific artifact. In the region, holes from the floating islands fill up with water to make weird lakes. The fresh ones are just pits.