Ashuran Desert

The Ashuran Desert is a vast region that covers a huge portion of the Erúme, Malyan, and Sharla Provinces of the Aurlûnor Velande, a small portion of Sneedistan in the Aesperium Niedea. As the largest desert in Syltör, a few oases exist in the region, the largest being the Sawiya Oasis, and the region serves as the home to the various Dune Elven tribes that dwell within its borders.

At one point the Ashuran Desert was green and lush, with much of it being consisted of lush forests, jungles and wetlands. The foundation of the Dominion of Ashura changed this, as they would build four obelisks to turn the area into a dry, desert land, suitable for habitation for the Dune Elves. Many extinct species' remains remain buried in the sands, with evidence of marshes and jungles in fossils or debris in the sand. Most notably, the Sawiya Formation bears the bones of many famous dinosaurs, such as the eponymous Ashuratitan. The Ashuran Desert to date, remains the largest man-made desert in the world, and is the first in history to have climate change happen by the hands of an evolved species. However, not all of the Ashuran Desert is a complete sandy wasteland, as some of the desert is irrigated by rivers and wadis, where there are acacia trees and abundant grasses.