Valley of Draka'a

During the Cretaceous Period, 80 million years ago, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in a remote valley, north of what is now the Gobi Desert. The craft's artificial intelligence used what was left of the ship's hyperdrive to install a chronal force-shield that would protect the crew from harm. However, the projected shield was over three hundred miles across, and effectively pulled a portion of the Earth's surface into a pocket dimension. At the same time, the flora and fauna present in the Valley during the Cretaceous was preserved in the time-bubble.
As a result, the Valley is a lost world where dinosaurs still roam, and has been largely undisturbed for millions of years. The chronal shield that protects and preserves the Valley can only be crossed by the use of certain vibrational energies. Crossing the vibrational threshold to the Valley has mostly eluded the efforts of modern Earth science, but humans have accidentally stumbled into the area from time to time throughout history.
In the middle of the 20th century, American paleontologist Harris Anthony and his pregnant wife discovered a hidden entrance to the Valley. Anthony and his wife were killed by natives several months after their arrival, but their infant son, Trent, was adopted and raised by tribesmen dwelling deep in the dinosaur-infested jungles.
Humans and other intelligent creatures in the Valley still live at a neolithic level. The last survivors of the Draka'a race that crashed here are long gone, but their computer oracle still operates and is worshipped by the natives. Magical energies are still rich in the Valley and are an important part of the natives' lifestyle.
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