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      |  Stretching southward from the Great Eastern Desert, lies the   |
      |  immense wasteland known only as the Blasted Lands. Once a lush |
      |  forest of green filled with fierce warriors of Light, its      |
      |  current state lies as a warning to the mortals of the Realms.  |
      |  The city of Mistaniq and the surrounding forests were laid to  |
      |  waste by the actions of the greedy ruler: the Pharaoh Ramases. |
      |  Offered eternal life in a dark pact with Vl'arescht in         |
      |  exchange for the lives of his people, he became undead. Rains  |
      |  of flame and acid fell from the sky, destroying the verdant    |
      |  countryside until nothing was left but sand. Over the years,   |
      |  many foolhardy adventurers seek fortune and power within the   |
      |  dark domain, but most become forever lost within its deadly    |
      |  terrain. Many foul things walk the lands but it is said that   |
      |  the powers of light still have a tenuous foothold here.        |
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      |  With the coming of the Shattering, the lands adjacent have     |
      |  fallen to the same fate as Mistaniq, though not for the same   |
      |  reasons.  The land is lifeless and choked by sand as the       |
      |  Desert of Despair crept inches beyond its border.              |
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