Difference between revisions of "Burnlands"

When [[Rashek]] took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]], he attempted to move Scadrial closer to its star to burn away the [[Deepness]].{{book ref|hoa|76}} The planet became too hot though, so he moved it back. Unfortunately, the planet was now too cold for life, and Rashek did not know how to return it to its proper orbit.{{epigraph ref|mb3|4}} So he again moved Scadrial closer to the sun, setting in place measures to protect humanity, such as the [[ash]]. This new, much hotter orbit, raised temperatures,{{book ref|mag}} creating the burnlands and scorching most of Scadrial clean of life.{{qa ref|977|151|The middle section was scorched pretty clean|date=Sep, 2012}} A few interesting things survived, but most everything else was destroyed. The very borders of the burnlands were somewhat inhabitable, growing less and less habitable further from the empire, eventually resulting in temperatures so hot that survival was impossible.{{qa ref|977|153|There were groups who would go out there to escape the Lord Ruler, and the Final Empire in general|date=Sep, 2012}} The burnlands separated the people of the southern continent and the Final Empire, as it would take a small miracle to survive a crossing.