The Skein Wastes

"The scar of the world, Why would you ever want to go there? All you have to look forward to is death...and worse" ~An elf bard addressing a paladin.

Overview
The burned land of the Skein wastes also know as the shadow lands, the wastes, the dead field, or land of fiends is no place you want to accidedentily find your self in. According to the legends it is the burial place of Grimkier.The first place that he started to remove all life from. A tretcherous place that smells of brim stone, sulfer and death.

Landscape
A flat land riddled with canyons that extend from the frozen mountain of erebus. The ground is of scrotched stone and is regularly hot to the touch. Legends say it is Grimkier trying to burn his way out of the place he was buried in. The bottoms of the canyons are filled with rivers of lava and the land it self is not flat at all. Some Caynon walls higer then others as flat is loosly used to describe it.

Flora/Fauna
There is onyl a few plants that grow here mainly bassed for alchemists the Ifrit brush is the only thing that physically groes there. A reath threat beside the ground is the monsters. Ifrits, Fire elementals, Shadow elementals, lesser demons and wraiths roam the land in the insatiable thrist for blood of any one that walk in whom doesnt command a darker presense then themselves. Wyvers can be seen here in abundance in the skys continuing to scorch them keeping the land in a perpetual shadow from clouds of ash.

Inhabitants
Aside from the Necropolisce at its border the notables are few. The Lava giant Gron can be found wandering the wastes. Known for his gargantual mace and incredibly short temper. Gron crushes all into the scorched land. He is also called the Feeder of Grimkier since he drives people into the ground like tent pegs with out any care. He is also Crusher of the Order. About a hundred years ago the people banned to gether aiming to kill this giant as to get to the Necropolis and vanquish one of the great evils. the Great sunderer of bodies laid out a hard core and savage smack down so fierce, travel to the wastes is considered a taboo. That is atleast travels by foot.