SHA-RAAD STEPPE

     The fertile grasslands that stretch from the western edge of the Dragon’s Fire Peaks to the Forest of Myst are known as the Sha-Raad Steppe.  This rolling lowland is inhabited by a small group of nomadic horse-men known as the Sha-Raad.  This group is very small, yet territorial.  Fierce warriors, the Sha-Raad have laid claim to the entire steppe as their own personal hunting ground, and they defend it zealously against outsiders.  Passing through the steppe is not dangerous, but hunting or settling there will bring the wrath of the Sha-Raad.  Human and Barbarian nomads from the Emerald Sands region pass north through this area when going to Freeport to trade.  The Sha-Raad have managed to keep the predators in this region to a minimum, but the steppe is home to many prides of lions, and wolves from the Forest of Myst occasionally find their way here to prey upon the large herds of game animals such as deer, antelope, wild cattle, and boar that make their home here.