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The [[Blackfire Hills]] stretch across the common frontier of [[Ferruvicar]] and the Aurician Province of [[Frantigoria]]. These small mountains share properties similar to the Throe Wastes, but the magic vacuum is generally less severe. | The [[Blackfire Hills]] stretch across the common frontier of [[Ferruvicar]] and the Aurician Province of [[Frantigoria]]. These small mountains share properties similar to the Throe Wastes, but the magic vacuum is generally less severe. | ||
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Revision as of 22:04, 27 October 2013
The horrendous wars and chaos magics of the Middle Ages created vast zones of warped magic in the great plains east of the present-day Aurician Empire. These vast zones of unpredictable and vacuous magic lie for the most part west of the great Thybdis River. The greatest Throe Waste is called the Great Mage Dearth and covers about a third of the province of Alascundy. Other Throe Wastes of great size are the Ulcanosto Waste, the Van Waste, the Shepherds Waste, the Durstnot Waste, the Hurstless Waste, and Airdred's Waste.
Most of the witchlands as they are also known in Throvy were created during the Anarch Wars, 2166 AI to 2224 AI.
Conditions of a Throe Waste
A typical throe waste is stripped of most vegetation with a remnant of sand or dirt and crops of stunted plants. Few animals will enter or live in a throe waste and even most birds will fly around it.
The barren state of a throe waste is harmless compared to its magical corruption and imbalance. Most often, spellcasters find it impossible to cast a spell of any significance, for the panstream runs nearly dry. Less frequently, magical storms of intense power ravage the throe waste, wreaking havoc on persons, creatures, and titancraft which are sensitive to magical energy. Even everyday living creatures will suffer debilitating sickness and malnutrition after several days of exposure to a throe waste.
Blackfire Hills
The Blackfire Hills stretch across the common frontier of Ferruvicar and the Aurician Province of Frantigoria. These small mountains share properties similar to the Throe Wastes, but the magic vacuum is generally less severe.
Sources
Catalogue of the Witchlands, Griffain Vedachier of Magetown, 2643 AI; list and description of the Throe Wastes of Throvy; Throvian Language