This region features sharp hills made of thick sections of layered sedimentary rock pushed up in haphazard angles through tectonic instability millennia ago. The rock faces are thus a striation of colorful layers dotted with fossilized leaves and petrified bones. Many of these bones belong to creatures that perished during Earthfall or even earlier; dinosaur bones mostly, but also bones of massive reptilian humanoids who died alongside the dinosaurs as well. Word of these bones have recently reached the academic centers of the Inner Sea region, causing an influx of scholars and excavators eager to pull bones—and knowledge— from the rocks. These scholars, collectively called Boneseekers, vie with each other as they race to make significant discoveries.
Boneseekers:
The region known as the Dinosaur Uplands is usually avoided by travelers due to its lack of potable water and large population of monstrous reptilian creatures (including, but not limited to, dinosaurs). However, the recent discovery of strange fossilized bones in the area has sparked interest from universities and academies all across the Inner Sea region. Each group of these so-called Boneseekers has staked out claims where they diligently work to excavate the fossils and their secrets from the ground.