Lunaer

Category	Depressions
Continent	Karterus
Region	Dhark Bolg, Ma'Ohari
Map	Tiyaphis Tha'lith

Lunaer is a narrow yet expansive canyon situated in the southeastern region of Tha'lith. It remains perpetually enshrouded in billowing clouds of steam, a consequence of the water's ceaseless encounter with the lava and heat emanating from the depths below. The streams and minor waterways cascading into Lunaer plummet into the abyssal reaches of Tiyaphis, where they converge with a channel of molten lava originating from Surturs Eyebrow.

Before the Gulimbor Cataclysm (996 - 1203), the canyon was a prolific source of rare, nutrient-rich Lunaer Teardrop fruit that thrives only in warm, humid conditions. This fruit is so nourishing and satiating that a single Lunaer can sustain the daily dietary needs of the average Tragaran. However, after the settlements of the Broken Lands were abandoned, the Lunaer was nearly forgotten. A century following the cataclysm, the region was rediscovered by resource-seeking explorers from Goth-Dyvermoir. This empire lays claim to the area, yet maintains only a tenuous hold, as the magical aberrations spawned by the Gulimbor Cataclysm still roam the Broken Lands, and are at times powerful enough to devastate large forces through arcane means.

The other peril of Lunaer is sometimes the bounty that it produces. The waves of arcane energy that emanated from the cataclysm caused some of the vines enveloping the Lunaer Teardrops to become sentient. They are not predatory, instead defending themselves from "pickers" seeking to harvest not only the fruit they hold but that of non-sentient vines around them. These sentient plants are capable of unleashing an assortment of low-level arcane spells. Fortunately for pickers, these defending plants do not collaborate, allowing a section to be harvested once the bothersome plant has been neutralized.