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The Empty Wastes are a realm of Arcadia comprised of windy badlands and canyons. It is one of the realms of the Pitiless Elements archetype.

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An endlessly dry place, the Empty Wastes are filled with wind-shaped, multicolored rock formations and cracked mudstone. Though the domain bears streambeds, they are devoid of anything but mud. The basic geography of the place shifts over time, rendering any kind of memorization pointless. Most of the rock in the Wastes is soft, easily warped by hand, and grows over the course of hours. Occasionally, harder and denser rock, growing over weeks, will form. Wind scours paths through these harder stone formations, known to the Lost as Sobbing Towers, creating holes that then moan incessantly with the voices of lost family and friends.

Those who are unfortunate enough to be trapped in the Wastes will settle in flat areas, building lean-tos and tents to shelter from the sun. The nights are spent in watchful vigil for howling beasts and venomous insect-like fae.

The Wastes tend to produce Beasts and Ogres, though Stonebones Elementals are relatively common, as well. Those with an affinity for the domain’s night tend to become Darkling Tunnelgrubs or Leechfingers.

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