The Badlands

Formally known as the Honey Hills or the Maple Forest. Now is nothing more then a cess-pool of Aberrations and despair. The Badlands is so unbearable in its environment, only those strong-willed enough enter (though they leave a different person then what entered).

## History

After Silk Sonic was detonated, ending the Trade War, Silk Sonic's ground zero immediately began a slow spread of the gas we now know as Anti-Magic. As soon as Queen Sapphire's advisors discovered the dangers of the gas and what was happening to the land as a whole. Queen Sapphire declared the entire area a "No Entry" zone for unapproved personnel.

In the years to come however, it was discovered that "creatures" where leaving the at the time designated area of The Badlands. And while numerus attempts were made to prevent these creatures from leaving The Badlands, this proved impossible due to certain creatures' powers or shear numbers.

## Current Facts

Despite the amount of time that has passed since The Badlands creation, there many anomalies and locations that we simply do not know about or we do not have enough information to verify the existence of. As such (besides known creatures) this document will list all known hotspots/key locations in The Badlands.

* The Heart: The Heart or better known as the impact zone. The Heart is a large crater where Silk Sonic originally impacted. It is theorized that all Anti-Magic and even some creatures originate from this crater. While this is easily assumed, there are numerous factors and even conflicting reports on where all the Anti-Magic is even coming from. The only thing we know for certain is that the Heart is the biggest concentration of Anti-Magic and even some creatures can seen to be drawn to The Heart.
* The Highrock: The Highrock was named by explorers after discovering the sheer number of Ant Lions that gather near it. Highrock is, by itself, simply a large collection of rocks that make a false hill in the land. Highrock would be unremarkable if it weren't for the Ant Lions that seem to be drawn near the area. It is unknown why they gather in this area, especially in high numbers, but its advised not to go near this area at all due to the nature of Ant Lions.
* While there are reports of untainted water sources in The Badlands. There are water sources that are (reportedly) not safe to drink. Reports say that certain sources of water that "change" people. We have no record of what these changes are, and witnesses reports are inconsistent. The only consistencies are that the bad sources are water look exactly like normal water with no easy way to tell, and that a common name for this "fake" water is "Ersatz".
* The Skinyard: Located near the eastern coast of The Badlands. The Skinyard is simply a "man made" crater of an unknown size. The Skinyard gained it's name after it was discovered that Skin Collector's, for some reason, bring their collected hides to this area. It is unknown how many Skin Collector's come here, or even what beckon's the beasts to come here.

## Known Creatures

Note: This is **not** a full list of creatures from The Badlands. This is a list of creatures that have come out of the Badlands area and went further into the world. There are **many** creatures in The Badlands that are either unverifiable or we just don't know about them.

* Howling Deaths
* Laughing Horrors
* Winter Lanturns
* Ant Lion
* Iron Maiden
* Wendigo: It should be noted that Wendigo do not come from The Badlands (there have been no reports of a creature matching a Wendigo in The Badlands themselves) but they do have a **strong** connection to The Badlands.
* Coven Horror
* Skin Collector