Bandit Wastes

In the shadow of Halruaa’s North Wall lie the desolate barrensknown as the Bandit Wastes. The rough, rocky terrain of thisregion consists of jagged hills and dusty plains, punctuated bydraws, ravines, and dry streambeds. This hot and desolate placeboasts very little vegetation, water, or shade. Few stay in theregion for long unless they must, and those who do stay rarelysurvive long.In addition to a wide variety of monsters, this region hastraditionally served as home to outlaws fleeing the reach ofHalruaan, Lapaliiyan, or Shaaryan justice.
==Reigning Bandit Kings==
At present, the worstsuch group is the Blood Screamers, a band of savage gnome direweremoles led by a gnome vampire called the [[Blood-CurdlingScream]] (CE male rock gnome vampire illusionist 9). This groupreportedly lairs in a warren of tunnels dug by giant ants in thebarrens east of Lapalgard, and its members raid as far afield asthe Rathgaunt Hills and the Nath.