The Sunless Ring

== Description ==
The literal dark heart of Thrae, the Sunless Ring is the interior part of the world's geography, forever concealed from the sun by the rest of the planet. Somewhere floating in the middle of Thrae's ring is a powerful source of magical radiation - much like how sunlight affects the equator more strongly, the further hubward one travels the stronger the magical field becomes.
== Geography ==
Frost-resistant plants have adapted to harness it in the process of thaumosynthesis, while the animals that live in the region are prone to mutation and empowerment by the strong magical field.
=== The Ice Marches ===
The rimward edges of the Sunless Ring are sparsely inhabited by tribes of snow elves, northern orcs, and still-recognizable creatures such as dire wolves. Occasionally monsters from further hubward will stray south, leading to one of three scenarios: They turn back upon upon exposure to the sun, are slaughtered for parts by more organized and well-defended settlements like the Love Stronghold, or they emerge into the too-hot mainlands in murderous fury.
Along the border, resources are still numerous enough that mainland species can survive, though perhaps not thrive. The sky is locked into eternal twilight, at least lending some warmth, and coal can be gouged from the mountains.
=== Frozen Night-Wastes ===
Deeper hubward lie the areas where the sun never reaches. Ice-resistant plants exist here in caves and caverns under the ice, which insulates and causes greenhouse-like pockets where the magical radiation of the region is transformed into sugars and heat by large colonies of plants. These colonies glow from beneath the ice, muted lambent cyan pockets that dot the landscape as the only source of light besides the stars. The interior of these caverns is survivable, but they share some characteristics with oases and watering holes of more temperate lands: Predators know that prey is sure to be found here.
While many of these could be best described as "misbegotten masses of flesh and limbs", there are a few discrete species that make their homes here:
* Frost worms
* Remorhaz
* White dragons
* Glass spiders
== Inhabitants ==
== Settlements ==
* Love Stronghold
== Notable Locations ==
Category:Locations