Editing Bloodfields

[[File:Bloodfields by Enuryn.jpg|thumb|300px|Bloodfields by [https://enuryn.tumblr.com/ Enuryn]<br/>(commissioned by [[Pirateaba]])]]
The '''Bloodfields''' is the name of a [[Death Zones|Death Zone]] located in [[Izril]].

== Overview ==
The Bloodfields is an area not far from [[Liscor]] that is the home of many dangers. While the area can be considered mostly harmless in late autumn and winter where it goes into hibernation, it blooms in spring and is a Gold-rank threat over the whole summer.

It is a battlefield which transformed the whole landscape, due to the massive amount of blood that has been spilled there due to the Humans and Drakes' annual wars. As a result of that, [[Blood Grass]] has started growing there, drinking blood and eating people, if they are not careful.<ref name="1.23">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/23/1-23/ Chapter 1.23]</ref>

The Bloodfields have also infested the [[Crossroads of Izril]], suspected to be due to a doorway within the Bloodfields, and it never hibernates in that dimension. Though the gel that covers the land impedes its growth, and the Bloodfields' flora cannot dig into the road.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/10/28/9-64-bh/ Chapter 9.64 BH]</ref>

It is known that [The Bloodless Lands Open—] (''Name Incomplete'') is the [Grand Ritual] Spell that had initially made the Bloodfields.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/05/03/8-84/ Chapter 8.84]</ref>

== Geography ==
When Ryoka ran past Liscor to find Az'kerash in the Bloodfields, on the third day she ascended an elevation that can be understood to be the southern border of the flood plains. On the fourth day, she encountered the first curiously red plants, and the blood fields: The Blood Grass covers a vast, flat plains that is wholly red.

Some close edges of the Bloodfields to Liscor are approximately 90 miles south of the city.<!--in the chapter: "Only about as far as to Celum. Even less, I think." And Celum is 88 miles north of Liscor. Also, the fields are not a spot in the landscape, at the very least they cover an area the size of Connecticut or Vermont. Or both. So exact distance calculation are pretty much not possible.--><ref name="6.56">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/11/12/6-56/ Chapter 6.56]</ref>

The city of Liscor funded a new road from Liscor to the South of Izril in the summer after Erin's arrival. After some exploration, the route was built east of the Bloodfields, with a good security distance between the Bloodfields and the road.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/12/18/6-64/ Chapter 6.64]</ref> This road was finished in Volume 7.

The Drake cities that are closest to Liscor along this south route are the cities of the Hectval-Drisshia-Luldem Alliance<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/06/03/7-27/ Chapter 7.27]</ref>, also the city of Lyszen (a hotspot for adventurers)<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/27/1-28/ Chapter 1.28]</ref> and the village of Sasil from where Liscor imports most of its vegetables.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/07/28/5-07/ Chapter 5.07]</ref>

Inside the Crossroads of Izril, the Bloodfields taint most of the land north of [[Imlerith]], save for the road and the mountain ranges.<ref name=":0" />

== Natural Dangers ==
The Bloodfields are one of few places were the dead do not seem to rise or where they disappear.<ref name="1.13 R">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/02/05/1-13-r/ Chapter 1.13 R]</ref> This has probably to do with the fact that they are consumed and their [[Mana]] is flowing to the plants and creatures of the Bloodfields instead of remaining in the corpses.

* [[Blood Grass]]<ref name="1.13 R" />
* Bloodfields Shamblers<ref name=":0" />
* [[Watchertrees]]<ref name="6.56" />
* ??? - Pillow-bulb plant, home of bugs<ref name="6.56" />

[[Crelers]], although they were found in the Bloodfields, are not native critters from there and actually destroyed the areas in the Bloodfields where they nested.

== Trivia ==
* Around 10 years ago, the [[Velan|Goblin King]] was defeated in the Bloodfields.<ref name="1.23" />
* West of the Bloodfields, hidden in a deep, enchanted forest nestled against the [[High Passes]], lies [[Az’kerash|Az’kerash's]] Black Castle.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/10/22/6-51-a/ Chapter 6.51 A]</ref>

== Gallery ==
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BloodfieldArea_Map.png|Bloodfields and surrounding area in a map (not canon, Artist's rendition)
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== References ==
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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Areas]]
[[Category:Izril]]
[[Category:Blood Fields]]
[[Category:Death Zones]]