East of the Silver Spring Oasis lies a sprawling area of coarse black sand. Most travelers give it a wide berth, for in broy rooms and caravanserais across the Tablelands, people speak in hushed tones of the evils of the Black Sands.
According to rumors, the Black Sands region was created by defiling magic that predated the rise of the city-states and their rulers. Supposedly, an ancient ruined city, haunted by hateful ghosts of a past age, lies at the center of the Sands, and any who enter its crumbled walls are doomed to join the undead spirits.