Forbidden Area - At the westernmost point where the Grassy Plains meet the desert, a lonely sign stands in the cork-dry wind. Half-buried in the sand, only a stub of its pole remains, and whatever words it carried has been worn off. However, the skull and crossbones carved into it are no less foreboding now than they were a thousand years ago. The desert nomads consider it a test of bravery to walk right up to the sign without flinching. Nothing survives in the lands beyond; the sand itself swallows anyone who sets foot beyond the sign. It would be a quicker, cleaner suicide to fall on your sword rather than taking a walk in the Quicksand.

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