User:Zone Descriptions Project/The Badlands

The Badlands are massive plains located east of Centaur Hills and Newport. The Bad River runs through them, sustaining the farm lands in the western portion, as well as providing a source of water for general use and fishing.

The city of Newport defends The Badlands, as they try to imperialistically expand their borders, taking the western part of The Badlands for their own farmsteads.

However, the Newport Guardsmen face many perils. Bandits inhabit The Badlands, robbing and murdering the passing caravans and travelers. The lands have been wracked by plague; a festering disease causing pox marks on the skin of what it infects. The infected become violent, attacking anything that comes near. It has stricken both the wildlife and humanoid populations of the area, leading to attacks on the Newport Guardsmen and Silver Crown stationed there, as well as the Kargyxx and Liodreth. The Liodreth themselves fiercely oppose the expansion of Newport, causing fighting in the southern part of The Badlands near and around their lair, known as Paw.

Adventurers need to be wary; it is not a kind land, and earned it's name for a reason. Travelers should stick to the roads and be suspicious of anyone they meet as the threat of bandits and plagued beings is always looming.