Editing Dyed Lands

'''The Dyed Lands of Seequal''' is a [[Death Zones|Death Zone]]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/04/25/8-18-h/ Chapter 8.18 H]</ref> located to the lower southwest of [[Baleros]].<ref name=":9.22">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/10/30/9-22-gn/ Chapter 9.22 GN]</ref>

==Overview ==
{{quote|quote=But most kept far from The Dyed Lands. It was a kind of death. If you weren’t eaten by the swarms of flying midges who would devour you piece by piece, or ran afoul of one of the giant apex predators, like the teleporting cavernous maws or stumbled into a field of plants whose poison no [Healer] had ever seen before—why would you live there?|speaker=Dangers of the Dyed Lands{{ref|7.22 B}}}}The Dyed Lands are a magically warped region in Baleros, formed thousands of years ago after a catastrophic spell annihilated the Lizardfolk nation of Seequal during the time of the Selphid Empire. To destroy their enemies, Seequal’s greatest [Mages] unleashed experimental magic that obliterated both their homeland and the invading armies across hundreds of miles. The lingering magical fallout forced rapid evolution on the surrounding ecosystem, creating a new and highly volatile biome filled with flora and fauna, many of which possess extreme adaptations and lethal traits. Similar to the Bloodfields, the Dyed Lands are an invasive system that slowly encroaches on the neighboring jungles, spreading their influence. The Dyed Lands' name stems from their defining feature of distinct "color zones," where the landscape, plant life, and monsters share a dominant hue. Within a given zone, wildlife and monsters share similar abilities and follow a unique set of rules based on "color language" that governs their behavior.<ref name=":6">{{VERef|10.52 N}}</ref> Creatures of the same color typically do not attack one another, while those of different colors are treated as rivals.<ref name=":4" />  

Despite the immense dangers of the Dyed Lands—where entire armies have vanished attempting to burn back or claim the territory—the region was regarded as largely “contained.” It was possible for [Hunters], [Alchemists], and [Gatherers] to make a living in search of rare and powerful ingredients, and at least four Fraerling cities were in the region. However, during the [[Seamwalkers|Seamwalker]] incursion of [[Kasignel]], the [[Timewalker]] accelerated the time within the region of the Dyed Lands, causing six hundred years to pass in an instant. Isolated from the rest of the world, the Dyed Lands experienced unchecked growth and evolution, turning it into a new Greatwoods, suitable for growing a World Tree and germinating a [[Dryads|Dryad]].<ref>{{VERef|The Grove – Interlude}}</ref><ref name=":2">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/17/8-80/ Chapter 8.80]</ref> When the temporal distortion ended, the Dyed Lands erupted in successive waves of monsters surging outwards, overrunning over a hundred miles of territory and wiping out entire cities.<ref name=":6" /> Currently, all the Great Companies - except for the [[Eyes of Baleros]] - are attempting to contain the Dyed Lands. 

[[Niers Astoragon]] has theorized that the interior of the Dyed Lands is dimensionally larger than it appears, based on the sheer number of monsters that have emerged from there.<ref name=":6" />

==Color Zones==
The Dyed Lands is divided into distinct color zones, with the wildlife and vegetation in each zone sharing similar abilities and traits.<ref name=":5" />

=== Chalklands ===
Chalklands,<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/05/10/7-22-d/ Chapter 7.22 D]</ref> also known as chalk-white zone,<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/03/27/8-76-b/ Chapter 8.76 B]</ref> or chalk ghostlands of white oblivion.<ref name=":2" /> Is located to the west of the Dyed Lands.<ref name=":0" /> The native monsters are known for using invisibility.<ref name=":4">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/08/30/9-12/ Chapter 9.12]</ref>

=== Blue Oblivion / Azure Beasts ===
Located in the interior of the Dyed Lands<ref name=":0" /> Seems to have less monsters, but those monsters are very fast.<ref name=":6" />

=== Red Zone / Crimson Blend ===
The ‘Red Zone’, or the Crimson Blend as it was known, is a red jungle that is compared to the Bloodfields. It was dense and within a few feet you would lose all sense of direction. A hell of confusion. There are camouflaged plants that would attack you, and predators large and small. You wouldn’t even be able to see your blood among all the colors. Is located at the edge (North, South or East) of the Dyed Lands.<ref name=":0" /> Monsters from there are known to grow from consuming.<ref name=":6" />

=== Shining Zone ===
The Yellow zone. The shining zone is—bright. There Monsters hunt by blinding each other, and the plants make it hard to navigate. Located next to the Chalklands.<ref name=":0" />

=== Jade Swarms / Green ===
This zone has an overwhelming number of flying parasitic serpentine monsters, which will fuse with and take control of anything alive. They will even "steal" other colors to bolster their ranks.<ref name=":5">{{VERef|10.43 RNG (Pt. 1)}}</ref> They leave more plants in their passage.

=== Stygian / Black ===
Black Monsters are all highly poisonous and spew toxins.<ref name=":6" />

==== ??? / Purple ====

==Locations==

*[[Fraerlings]]' Settlements (x2)<ref name=":2" />
**Torteth / Torteth of Colors - Located on the cutting edge.<ref name=":1" /> (''Status Unknown'')
** ??? (''Status Unknown'')

==Creatures==
The waves seem to generate their color by their presence, allowing them to literally "stain" their color as they invade new territory. Each color wave is led by one or multiple apex predators, called "super-monsters."<ref name=":6" /> 

===List of Known Creatures:===

*Azure Hawk - Blue-type flying monster, covered in a breakaway carapace and able to dive like lightning.<ref name=":6" />
*Azure Wolf - Blue-type monster with a jagged nose and covered in a breakaway carapace.<ref name=":6" />
*Azure Wolfman<ref name=":6" />
*Charging Leomouth - Teleporting cavernous maws. Giant Apex Predators.<ref name=":0" />
*Eatswarms - Swarms of flying midges who would devour you piece by piece.<ref name=":0" />
*Endless Worms - Green-type supermonster resembling a giant ball of worms. Slow but extremely tough.<ref name=":6" />
*Parasite Serpents<ref name=":5" />/Jade Infestors<ref name=":6" /> - Green-type monsters that parasitize other creatures.
*Ske-eel<ref name=":0" />
*Stygian Embracers - Black-type monsters with bulbous heads and claw-hands folded up to their chest. They are immune to most elements.<ref name=":6" />
*Stygian Stalkers<ref name=":6" />
*[[Three-Headed Grabghast|Three-Headed Grabghasts]]
*White Ghasts<ref name=":6" />
* ??? - Monster the size of a hill.<ref name=":0" />
* ??? - Poisonous snake-thing.<ref name=":1" />
* ??? - Monster the size of a young Dragon, with lots of teeth.<ref name=":2" />
* ??? - Some kind of elk that has hair that is used as a rare alchemical reagent.<ref name=":3">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/06/03/9-00/ Chapter 9.00]</ref>
* ??? - Pale white stalking beasts, often invisible, that fight in skirmishing tribes.<ref name=":4" />
*??? - Bright red flower plant-based monsters, using paralytic or allergen-based pollen storms.<ref name=":4" />
*??? - Green-type monsters that explode and spread a nasty ichor everywhere.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/10/12/9-20/ Chapter 9.20]</ref>
*??? - Twenty feet long serpent that is virtually invulnerable to ranged fire, but can be harmed in close-quarters fighting.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/01/29/9-34/ Chapter 9.34]</ref>
*??? - Colonies of multicolored ants.<ref>{{VERef|Erin - Interlude}}</ref>
*??? - Black-type poison-spitting monsters with long nose and feathery fronds.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Black-type long-legged rats.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Black-type balloon monster that spews ooze.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Black-type turtle creature with huge jaws and a stonger tail on top of the shell that sprays poison.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Blue-type two-horned rhino-hippo.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Massive blue-type monster with lots of teeth.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Blue-type flying monster resembling a manta ray, carrying smaller versions.<ref name=":6" />
*??? - Giant blue-type flying bird monster.
*??? - Giant Green-type worm monsters, near invulnerable to weapons and spells without a vivid solid color.

==[[Plants]]==

===List of Known Plants:===

* ??? - Plants whose poison no [Healer] had ever seen before.<ref name=":0" />
* ??? - Red camouflaged plants that would attack you.<ref name=":0" />

==Trivia==

*[[Saliss Oliwing|Saliss]] had bought the immortal Ske-eel’s liquid, that is found in the Dyed Lands, at a premium for his potions.<ref name=":0" />
*In the past [[Gnolls]] had explored the Dyed Lands with Lizardfolk.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/interlude-satar-revised/ Interlude – Satar]</ref>
*Wasting events in Selphids decrease the closer they get to the origin point.<ref name=":9.22" />
*It is called the "Land of Colors" by the apes of Baleros.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/06/04/interlude-trade-and-travel/ Interlude - Trade and Travel]</ref>

==References==
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