Location The Sands of Piras

[Cascade]

The Sands of Piras are a stretch of land that rests on the outskirts of the Southern Suvan Sea, several days ride north of Eloab. It is often considered to have been touched by Syna's hand. It was given its name because the area is blanketed by coarse sand the shade of milk and coffee, which is usually found to be wet due to the plethora of high tides which plague the shoreline. For this reason, one's feet will often sink beneath the fine grains if they are not careful, or treading upon the jagged black stones which dot one's passage. This, however, is often considered to be folly, seeing as the sun constantly beats upon them, causing them to grow so warm, that if one were to walk barefoot across their length, they'd burn their feet so badly their flesh would peel away in thin sheets. The sand isn't much better; the grains being in a state of perpetual warmth and littered with fine, broken cockle shells. A field of death, for any fish that enters the waters just surrounding the Sands finds that its scales fall away with the heat, and its body soon bakes, leaving any animals that may have led them to venture close, which cannot survive such temperatures to wash up along the shores, where they are hurriedly devoured by scavengers before they dart away. Note: Moderation is required only if one is trying to find the secret behind why the Sands burn so strongly. Credit for this location goes to Aello.