Nether Territory

In this inhospitable land, rivers of molten lava flow through the lands. Where it enters the sea, water boils.

Life exists under the constant threat of violent eruptions as well as the danger of new gas vents, boiling mud pots, or geysers of scalding water. Travel is just as dangerous as staying in one place, so inhabitants have created numerous strategies for survival—some more successful than others.

A few island oasis from dormant volcanoes exist and are heavily protected by those who currently control them. Otherwise, many inhabitants adapt to a changing and dangerous landscape by hunting the hardy creatures or planting quick growing crops which thrive in the rich, black soil… until gass or lava destroys them.