the sand

where the Lake ends begins the Sand. the reasoning behind the name is immediately obvious; a single line of sand, a mile wide at the thickest, and wide enough that it runs nigh from the Eastern Sea to the Western, effectively cutting the land in half. no one knows how the Sand came to be, though rumors abound over it. though generally flat, here are portions of the Sand that rise up to towering dunes. here and there, the bleached bones of some long-dead animal can be seen jutting up from the particulates. the Sand itself is a broad mixture of pigments; some are darker, some are lighter, and they mesh together in a beautiful array of hues. as to be expected, the Sand is cold at night and blisters during the day and little in the way of shelter can be found here. horses have been known to walk miles to the east or west to find a short distance over the Sand.