the desolation ♛

the Desolation lives up to the name given to it centuries ago. a massive plain, it dominates the Wasteland; the only land bigger than it is the Taiga further north of it. due to the location, frozen winds sweep down over it most months of the year, preventing the growing of trees beyond just a few feet high. rocks scatter here and there, likely left over by glaciers long ago. the land itself is nigh on infertile, with only the hardest of plants managing to grow here. patches here and there blossom in the spring and part of the summer with vibrant green grass and flowers but those and few and far in between. during the summer, thunderstorms bring cold rain to flood the lower lying sections. in winter, blizzards threaten to kill any living creature around. despite that, however, the Desolation remains the most habitable of the lands here in this hard world.