Dwelling Plain

The Dwelling Plain was a featureless, grassy landscape located on the continent of Genabackis to the south of Darujhistan.Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 6, UK MMPB p.194 It was bordered to the east by the Cinnamon Wastes and to the south by the Plain of Lamatath. It is unclear from the map if the Maiten River was its westerly border or whether the Plain went beyond it. It was described as a vast sweeping landscape of nothing - with animal tracks but no animals, and vultures the only birds in the sky.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.563 Sources of water were infrequent and elusive.
The Dwelling Plain was once densely populated with many brick towers and leagues of urban dwellings, but was reduced to the barest of foundations and a scattering of bricks following a population collapse that occurred after the Age of Tyrants.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter 12 Now it was at least partly populated by Dwell raiders, who the people of Darujhistan referred to as "shrieking savages." It was not unknown for raiding parties of up to a hundred Dwell to attack passing caravans.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.90-91 The land's other occupants were outcasts from villages and cities.
==In Toll the Hounds==
Gruntle led a caravan of eight wagons and nine guards across the Dwelling Plain from Darujhistan to Bastion to purchase Kelyk for the merchant Sirik. Sirik refused his requests to hire additional guards for the journey. On their return, they were attacked on the Dwelling Plain by a hundred Dwell raiders. Half the wagons were looted and destroyed by fire and everyone in the caravan and the raiding party was killed but for Gruntle. The Mortal Sword of Trake was able to return to Darujhistan with four wagons when their dead drivers somehow responded to his commands to continue.
Karsa Orlong, Samar Dev, and Traveller crossed the Dwelling Plain northward on their way to Darujhistan. Traveller noted they were observed from above by Great Ravens as well as by the Hounds of Shadow from somewhere nearby. Samar Dev thought the land suffered from a curse cast long ago. Traveller instead chalked it up to the land's memory, making it a place where "life comes to fail".Toll the Hounds, Chapter 14, US SFBC p562-565
Grisp Falaunt saw an opportunity to claim the free and unwanted land on the northern edge of the Dwelling Plain. But after forty-one years trying to make a living as a farmer he reluctantly concluded the land was worthless. The Hounds of Shadow trampled Grisp's shack and his three rows of diseased root crops on their way to Darujhistan--incidentally causing the death of his dog, Scamper, in the process.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 21, US TPB p.699-701
==In Orb Sceptre Throne==
Grisp rebuilt his shack and attempted to farm once again, only to have his crops trampled by the invading army of Seguleh.Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter 12, US TPB p.360-361
==Notes and references==
Category:Genabackis
Category:Plains
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