CHAPTER 2 | THE DEMON WASTES 27The Demon Wastes ...................................................
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Noted for Fiends, pestilence, violence
Rivers of lava cut across plains of black sand
and volcanic glass. The only vegetation you can
see is blood-red moss and a thick layer of slime,
and that appears to be moving. A jagged rock
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or perhaps that’s just your imagination.
This is the Demon Wastes. Tens of thousands
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was the seat of power of some of the mightiest
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demons. These foul spirits were bound long ago,
but their power still lingers in this place. Vile
creatures continue to crawl up from the depths of
Khyber. And there are a handful of primordial
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A mountain range known as the Labyrinth
separates the Demon Wastes from the Eldeen
Reaches. Due to ancient warding magic, any
foul thing that wishes to leave must pass through
the Labyrinth. These passes are guarded by the
Ghaash’kala, tribes of orcs sworn to contain the
evils of the Waste. The Ghaash’kala worship a
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;PI[P; they consider the people of the Five
Nations to be soft and naive.
The Carrion Tribes are savage barbarians
who dwell in the Wastes. Each tribe is devoted
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endless battles against the Ghaash’kala and the
other Carrion Tribes. These people are mostly
humans, but there are corrupted orcs, half-orcs,
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other races represented. The Carrion Tribes are
savage and cruel, and know almost nothing about
the world beyond the Labyrinth.
INTERESTING THINGS
ABOUT THE WASTES
- Stories tell of the lost city of Ashtakala, a
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The libraries of Ashtakala contain arcane
secrets and details about the Draconic
Prophecy and its vaults hold untold
treasures. - The Demon Wastes contain portals to
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within Khyber. These are similar to the
layers of the Abyss in the core cosmology,
unearthly realms populated by demons.
The Ghaash’kala raid these demiplanes to
get the supplies they need to survive.
CHARACTERS FROM THE WASTES
If you’re from the Demon Wastes, you likely fall
into one of two categories.
Ghaash’kala. You’ve been raised in one of
the harshest lands in Eberron and spent your
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post? Have you had a vision from Kalok Shash?
Are you pursuing a rogue demon? Have you
been given a quest by the leader of your tribe?
Most of the Ghaash’kala are orcs or half-orcs.
They’re deeply devoted to their faith and might
be paladins (Vengeance or Devotion), clerics
(Life, Light, or War) or Zealot barbarians.
Hermit and outlander are logical backgrounds:
you know little about the ways of civilization, but
you have have insights and the skills to survive in
the harshest environments.
Carrion Tribes. Why have you left the
Wastes? Have you turned your back on the vile
traditions of your demon-worshipping clan?
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a more immediate threat to Khorvaire? Either
way, you are a stranger in a strange land: a
savage used to a constant battle for survival in a
world shaped by demons.