The Red Waste
is a vast region of badlands to the east of the empire. The terrain is characterised by umpteen ravines and gullies, and ridges amid them, as well as some stretches of dry, flat ground, often dotted with buttes and mesas. The Waste is poor land indeed for farming, but some vegetated areas make keeping animals possible, provided one continues to move from place to place.
The region is home to a number of nomadic tribes, some human and some not. The people of trade with the human tribes without much issue, though the tribes of the Waste keep imperials at arm's length, wary of being subsumed into the empire. Some ogre tribes are present, and as long as their endless appetites can be sated, they are mostly peaceful, but if they run short on meat to eat, they will quickly become hostile towards humans. A few hobgoblin clans also feature; they are militaristic by nature and while they can be bribed to stay away from Dyria, peace with a clan rarely lasts for long, so skirmishes sometimes happen in the realm's eastern reaches.