Aashk
Aashk is a land of steppes, deserts and great rolling plains. Great storms, lightning and sand, are known to sweep across its seemingly limitless expanses for days at a time, forcing all who are caught in the wilderness to seek shelter or perish. Yet, over the eons, Aaskh has been tamed, to a certain degree.
A vast swath of land, Aashk technically comprises most of the known land of this part of Azthir-Terra. It contains not only the wasteland of Valês' Anvil and the sweeping plains of the Nohji, but the majestic rush of the Mother River and rising peaks of the Sunrise Mountains. To the west stretch the rich farming and grazing lands of Vashk, now firmly under crontrol of the Sacred Demesne of the Faith Militant.
But Aashk still contains mysteries. The Anvil is mostly unknown to outsiders but its inhabitants, the Dhamin, are thought to possess secrets of wealth, water and magic from ages past. In the Nohji Plains, the Riders are thought to have a city that moves with them, settling in no place for more than a few weeks. Even the Sunrise Mountains are said to host beings and beasts of horrible visage. Ancient tunnels and hidden passages into the Deep are said to be the path to riches and power. Even now, agents of the Demesne enter these hidden, dark places. They rarely return.
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