Great Desert

A wide expanse of desert that serves as Valaria's southern border, all the southern blueblood families along with the Tates and the Veronique have attempted to lay claims to parts of it. However, like the Great Swamp, the tract is simply too big and troublesome for a single family to hold onto, and so it is left more or less alone. The strange reports that come from it, however, suggest that there could be a Gate to the Abyss hidden somewhere in its sands, so renewed interest in its secrets has bloomed in a slue of territorial claims and quests, though they have yet to yield anything of value to any family...