| Category | Oceanic |
| Continent | Straiden |
| Region | Râpha |
| Map | Hettaran |
The Iron Bottom region serves as a prime example of the "Second Forging" caused by the Dûlan-Nûl Firestorm. While the event was catastrophic, the intervention of Higher Powers is evident in the specific materials left behind and the resulting geological layout.
Geological Survey: Iron Bottom (Straiden)
The cataclysmic impact of moon fragments tore the southern boundary of Straiden asunder, creating a ring of fractured islands. The Survey highlights the following anomalies:
- Dûlan Seedings: The region is littered with Dûlan, a superior metal from the World Splitter's drill casing that resists corrosion and exhibits natural toxicity to marine organisms.
- Controlled Impact Craters: Large iron deposits are not randomly scattered but sunk into the seafloor in a way that suggests a slowed, "controlled" descent of lunar debris.
- Regenerative Material: Unlike terrestrial iron, this material possesses remarkable regenerative qualities, likely a byproduct of its lunar origin from Dûlan-Nûl.
Economic And Social Shift
The presence of these materials transformed Iron Bottom into a bustling industrial and diplomatic hub:
- Interspecies Cooperation: The Iron Bottom Oversight Board was formed in 251 to manage diving and dredging rights among Tritons, Tragarans, and Elderaunts.
- The Triton-Landlubber Exchange: While Tritons harvest the raw Dûlan from the depths, they trade it with surface merchants for forged weapons, as they lack the fire-skills for ironworking.
- Strategic Sovereignty: Following the Horn Tusk Conflict, the region was proclaimed a free trade zone to prevent national monopolies by powers like Ba'lith.
Today, Iron Bottom stands as a testament to resilience and cooperation, its very foundation forged from catastrophe and rebirth.