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Sand Lake lies due south where the Great River empties into Sand Lake before resuming its meandering course. Hodgepodge tents and stone buildings form a ramshackle town of merchants bent on selling their wares or stealing yours. Shed-Akr, the last outpost before the grim, sand-swept Burning Desert serves as a reminder that civilization is long gone beyond.
If the bones the dragon wrapped around the single tower don’t convince you to turn back, nothing will…