When most people in the Tyr Region speak of “the
hinterlands,” they are referring to the Empty Plains, a
hundred-mile-wide shelf of largely uninhabited barrens
and scrubland that runs from the thinning forests and
foothills of the Ringing Mountains' western slopes to
the top of the Jagged Cliffs. The yellow-green scrubland,
broken by the occasional outcropping of weathered rock,
is home to herds of wild erdlus and mekillots, kank
armies, and hungry desert predators. Ruins lie scattered
through the plains, but apparently, the region was lightly
populated even in ancient times; the remnants here are
small in size and few in number.
A few primitive tribes of hunters – mostly elves,
humans, and half-giants – follow the herds, along with
thri-kreen packs and bands of ravenous gnolls. However,
vast stretches of these plains are deserted, and travelers
might go months without meeting anyone.
