Grunn desert

The Grunn desert is the westernmost region of Aurora,home the last remaining ruins of what was the Jayem Empire. The mesa is isolated from the rest of Aurora by the Maw, meaning very little rain falls on the region, and causing it to become a dry, rocky, harsh desert. The tattered survivors of the apocalypse that destroyed their civilization call this blighted lands their home, becoming nomads and on their land, and merchants on otehrs. Jayemdae traders fly on light ships from the capital B’kaiir or the Maw’s port B’ashtaar to everywhere on aurora, undertaking long journeys to trade mostly their knowledge and the crystals grown on the desert to other cultures, in exchange of very needed supplies, specially wood for construction, and shipbuilding.

The mesa holds a lot of secrets for the ones trying to explore its sands, but flying through it is extremely dangerous, as terrible sandstorms whip up from nowhere at the whim of the land, and getting an airship trapped on a sandstorm is a sure way to crash into the many rock spires that litter the landscape, if you are a not attacked by the sandwyrms that use those spires as nesting sites. Most adventurers prefer to pack months of food and water in large caravans to search for the old empire’s ruins, and the rare few that chose the “speedier” why of flight, have not been seen since.

Few settlements can thrive in this harsh land, but the most notable one is B’kaiir, the hanging city, built in the side of the Maw’s entrance cliffs. Other notable places are the crystal mines, the main source of wealth of the region, and the many temples scattered in oasis hidden in the desert lands