Llyhai

Llyhai is an ashland desert and the largest region of the wastes. The exact nature of this ash is unnatural. Normal ash sediments tend to create fertile land, and the volcanoes of Ichmenre aren’t active enough to continually cover Llyhai in ash. The region also receives good rainfall in the north. The land is extremely warm despite its more northern geographical position. It has a lot of silver wastes, especially inland, but these silver ruins are rarely explored.

Llyhai has five Domuz colonies. These are highly militarised extraction projects targeting deposits of heavy metals. They account for around 1,300,000 of Llyhai’s population. Ashlander tribes, of the Nyrmish culture, account for 1,800,000 of the population. The remaining 700,000 are Volcanic outposts.

Geography and climate

The ash contains heavy metals and obsidian glass shards. The ash layer is partially maintained by the lords of The Kingdom of Ichmenre, but they are also naturally maintained by unique fauna and micro-organisms.

Where the ash meets the sea, the coastal erosion reveals a dense, compacted crust near the tideline. Shallows are thick with dark sediment. The coastal waters aren’t blue or green, but a brownish charcoal colour. The water smells of metals.

Many of Llyhai’s coastline are cliff faces that extend from 100m to 500m.

In tidal regions, beaches are made of minuscule obsidian shards. These small razor glass pieces can cut and embed in flesh. Where the waves can, they refine the glass to be more spheric and soft. The sheen of the beaches is almost transparent. The beach tidepools are stained with strange colours. Rust-orange deposits, black manganese crusts. Silvery films build on the surface.

Cliffs are black and read. Layered dark ash strata over metallic sandstone. The cliffs crumble back.

Name Origin

The name “Llyhai” comes from “Dole Hai”, literally ‘Ash place’. Nothing else to that.