Great Waste | Tyrrapedia: Encyclopedia of Tyrra

Half-Orcs are considered by many to be a savage race. The Graveyard to which their spirits travel after permanent death reflects this savage nature. The Great Waste is a barren land of tundra, rock shelves, and desert. It is a land where only the fiercest could survive, if they were still alive. Each day the spirits within the Great Waste go out to fight for the day, those that survive find comfort at an oasis or at longhouses that appear as the sun sets across the land. As seen in the Half-Orcs’ belief in strength through challenge and adversity, those who could not master the battles of the day endure the tortuous winds and storms that wrack the Great Waste each night and then stand to fight once more the next day. Often in the distance a spirit in the Great Waste can see a lone figure draped in loose coverings, nearly blending into the landscape. He is called the Sandman and he guards the Great Waste and assures reward to the victorious and punishment to those who fail.