Qoltia

Scattered with the dusty ruins of a forgotten city a desert now lies baron, massive statues of ancient titans lay buried in the sand. Ruins of once inhabited towns dot the landscape reminding of what the desert once was.

Geography

This is a desert country with few small rivers and streams. The weather is very hot with lots of cloudy days and fierce winds during the spring, very hot with lots of sun and light winds during the summer, very hot with some sun but frequent clouds during the autumn, and pleasant with some sun but frequent clouds and fierce winds during the winter.

Fauna & Flora

Due to sparsity of water there is no or small amount of flora present there. Before Qoltia became a desert it was full of vegetation and now only cypruss and laurel can be sighted there. Plants here are adopted such that there is minimum water loss and lot of water absorption takes place. To this they have spines called the modified leaves from which transpiration is very less they have very long and strong so that they can reach the most humid layers of the earth and suck water, their water accumulating tissue is covered with wax layer so that there is less water wastage and also they make their roots uneatable. Date palms trees are essential for the people to live in oasis because they are an energetic source of food, tress are used for making baskets, mats, ropes, covers for the huts and the most essential use that it protects the nomads from the sun's heat.