Barren Fields

Barren fields make up most of the surface of Moon. These fields are speckled with maroon grass which is poisonous to eat. The only trees growing on the barren fields are dark, zig-zagging trees called alwen (a. torwan). Each tree is identical and inedible for humans.

Barren fields are often crossed with deep chasms leading God-knows-where. Many adventurers have been lost in these chasms. Sometimes cave people live on the inside walls of chasms because of the natural benefit of safety from predators. But many songs and myths revolve around "the great and unforgiving abyss" below, where countless corpses are no doubt rotting away. Some religious beliefs hold that hell itself lies at the bottom of the chasms.

Another feature of the barren fields are craters, some mere divots in the ground and others yawning pits. These pits are favorite nesting grounds of pebble pigs (s. barbascrofa).