Crimson Waste

**The Crimson Waste** represents the scorching areas on earth, with its incredibly mysterious and breathtaking underground crevasses. The region is said to be the hottest on the entire planet, with a blazing desert at its surface. The red desert sand and ash mixed together block out most of the sunlight. only lackluster sparks of light can illuminate the fiery red domain. Using the southern passage, you would get a feeling of security, as you would wade through clean knee-deep water. Below the crimsonly dyed surface lies a maze of interconnected corridors. The rockformations and crystals that are layered between the surface and the underground protect life and cool down the stifling air. There is no darkness in these caves, as the crystals, as well as giant Luminescent Hazelnuts light up the area. The crackling of the electric plants, however, remind you of the dangers that are ever present.

## Illuvium Zero

In Illuvium Zero, you will find that three illuvials will appear most commonly namely:

Rhamphy

Scoriox

Goliant

## Biotopes

### Ulum's Landing

When moving to the Crimson waste through the Obelisk, you will set your eyes on Lighted Airgrass and fields of Orbonium. These plants light up the dark cave floor and impart you with a sense of relief. When looking up, crystals dot the ceiling and mimic what would be a starry sky. From the centre of the Crimson Waste you can take one of eight paths into very different areas.

### Cinder

While you find yourself around the Obelisk, you can still hear the sand raging above. Cinder, the hottest place on the planet where the air is toxic and sand combined with ash create a veil of darkness that covers the land. Raging sandstorms and vulcanic activity in no way make the surface of the Crimson Waste attractive for normal beings. Fire and magma illuvials, however, do call this place home.

### Southern Passage

As if to lure you in, the Southern Passage gives off a serene feeling. The almost serene atmosphere contradicts the almost hellish region you find yourself in. Whenever the burning sensation of ash in your suit gets too much, you find yourself running back here to kick back and relax. As the passage is incredibly large, you might even forget that you are underground.

### Crimson Gallery

The second of the eight paths is the Crimson Gallery. Next to the Southern Passage, this Gallery gives off a deeply unsettling feeling. The area is structured like a maze. The deep ravines make venturing into it a burdensome undertaking.

### Magnopass

On the other side of the Southern Passage you can find Magnopass. The native Luminescent Hazelnuts are especially abundant in this area. Their electric crackling can be heard throughout the cave. While there occasionally is light coming through the holes in the ceiling, the glow of the hazelnuts is what mostly defines the color of the underground walls.

### Hell's Path

At the farthest end of the Magnopass, you find pools of acid that are formed under the faintly fluorescent plants on the wall. Here the Magnopass connects to Hell's Path where the caves become deeper and deeper. Here the fluorescent pools and plants are the only light in the darkness.

### Howling Rift

From Hell's Path, there is a single corridor that leads to the Howling Rift. This narrow area again leads from Ulum's Landing back up to the raging Cinder of above.

### Soka's Garden

   North from the Howling rift lies Soka's Garden. A wide array of peculiar plants can be found behind the curtain of sand that obscures the tunnel leading to the garden. After moving through the entire tunnel, another curtain of sand stands between you and the True Soka's Garden. When moving through it, you will find a wide open area. Giant Prayershrooms form a forest and two massive stone peaks are further covered by plants and Funghi.

Editorial thoughts: *Would the three three gigantic round objects be eggs that were lain there by a leviathan? So is this just a gigantic nest of some kind?*

### Anguith

To the north-west of Ulum's Landing and to the west of Soka's Garden lies Anguith. This Corridor is rich in bueatiful crystals that lower your guard before you reach the end. There, a massive graveyard with a thorax that makes up the central archway lays in front of you. A large area in the graveyard is covered by a pool of acid. Anything other than the crystals seems to dissolve in there, but strange tremors sometimes come from underneath this pool of acid, making the observer wonder if something else can stand the acidity...

### Heido's Dam

The last of the directions you could take in Ulum's Landing is blocked off. The rockformation sealing the corridor is called Heido's Dam.

## Resources

Resources have yet to be discovered in a region.

## Illuvials

Aside from commonly found Illuvials such as Rhamphy, Scoriox and Goliant, no other information is public yet.