Badlands Snake

A narrow river originating in the Western part of the Twisted Chain mountains weaves its way across a hot and hostile desert. Being the largest water source, the Badlands Snake's rocky banks are covered with bushes, cacti, and a few farms. Its shallow and muddy waters are of an unusual red color because of the bauxites. Despite the high concentration of minerals, one can find different species of carapace fish and oddly shaped crabs. During Spring, its waters get covered with brown weeds that can be used as a fertilizer.

Through multiple tiny streams, the river is connected to vast chains of caves and canyons during Winters when the water is high. Some canyons have unique ecosystems yet to be explored, and some preserved stoned remains of pre-historic behemoths dwarf the enormous skeletons ever found in the Old World. Geologists believe that these lands were humid and fertile a few million years ago. The Badlands Snake is what remained from an extensive water network.

Two small canyons to the South-West of the river are known for howling winds that make noises of weird frequency. It might be explained by their unusual shape or something different. They are inhabited by ore crickets only, as no other living being seemed to like the sound. These already giant insects grow up to a feel long allegedly under the effect of the winds.

To the North-East of Crimson Rock, a few miles to the right bank of the Badlands Snake River, lay a small plateau with salty rocks resembling stalagmites. Approximately two to three hundred million years ago, the entire Eastern part of the Pandorah continent was covered by waters, and coral reefs covered these tiny highlands. As the waters were slowly draining across s few million years, the corals had enough time to evolve into something new or probably devolve into their prehistoric form. The other living organisms, like jellyfish, adapted to the changing environment even more bizarrely. Their bodies become denser as they develop a coat of mineralized skin with sparking particles that deflect sunrays and prevent the loss of vital water. Now, they dig holes in the solid by slowly devouring it and only come to the surface at night, crawling on top of stalagmites to absorb dew and return to their shelters after the first sun rays. They shine in the light of dawn for no more than a few minutes, absorbing the energy needed to digest minerals.

Whereas the deepest known cave on the continent is over a thousand miles away from Crimson Rock, to the West of the Twisted Chain mountains, local geologists believe that the vastest and most complex networks of subterranean tunnels and lakes are located in the Badlands. Some even believe that the underworld may have a greater variety of living species than the surface, and some might have lived under the surface for dozens of millions of years.