Lore24 May 5: Glass Deserts

Glass deserts are, as the name suggests, deserts where the ever-shifting sands have frozen into crystalline glass. They are created by gods, sorcerers or other powerful beings fighting so fiercely the very sands of the desert melt. Several cities are also said to have been turned into glass deserts by divine punishment.

People generally avoid these places, as nothing grows there, and the lingering aftereffects of such powerful magics can be dangerous. However some glass deserts still contain the ruins of the long-dead cities that were punished so long ago, their treasures presumably still there for the taking. Of course only the most foolhardy of adventurers would try to steal something from a place like that, but these days more and more people are forced to make foolhardy decisions if they want to avoid starvation.

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