Sand storms and the burning sun will force many traveling parties to fight for the shelter of caves, and access to water holes. Scattered tribes of nomadic goblins live in valleys and hills ambushing caravans and attacking other tribes to survive. The powerful winds that cross this land have long since destroyed the fragile ecosystems that once existed here. The Dark Lands is divided in several regions. It is a land rich in the materials that Dwarfs especially covet. The volcanoes and gaping pits bring up all kinds of minerals and gems from beneath the earth: gold and silver, iron and copper, diamonds and sapphires, as well as sulphur, oil and tar. The dim light and choking air combine to ensure that the land remains devoid of vegetation, except for a few straggly black thorns.
Almost nothing can grow in the Dark Lands. It is bordered on both sides by the Worlds Edge Mountains and the Mountains of Mourn.
Steaming lava from beneath the earth's crust covers the ash wastes with a blanket of bubbling magma. In the plains the stench of tar pits and oil pools hangs heavily in the air. Amongst the peaks volcanoes spew black smoke into the filthy sky. The Dark Lands is a stark and cheerless place where nature has rent the ground and burst the mountains apart.
