The Orosca Desert

The Orosca Desert is one of Orphan’s thirteen splinters. It is an arid region, where dunes disappear into the shivering distance and brown stone formations waver in the heat haze. The Orosca Desert as a whole, and especially its burning hinterlands, has a high proportion of ignan births.
The Orosca Desert is governed by the Queendom of Orosca. Most of Orosca’s population resides in the fertile valley and delta of the River Ari, where the living is less arduous, but there are also itinerant populations that dwell among the sweltering dunes to the south.
East of Orosca lies the Burning Sea, a smoldering desolation of black ash, shot through with volcanic calderas and exposed streams of lava. There, pillars of magical fire burst out of the ground and burn hot enough to fuse the sand around them into glass. There are towers of fire, castles of fire, suspended in midair. The Burning Sea is inimical to most life; aside from some small ignan settlements, the region is home only to monsters and vengeful elemental spirits. The area is very volcanically active, and Oroscan mages work day and night to mitigate the threat of a cataclysmic eruption.
The Orosca Desert is linked by pharos routes to Caverndeep, Fel Dhavash, and the Witchmire.