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===Aurum Desert===

An arid realm of bright golden sunlight, shimmering fine sand, and great windswept dunes, the aurum desert may once have been a much more lush realm for it is dotted with evidence of an ancient civilization.  Old half-buried buildings, temples, and archways little the landscape and the ground is smooth enough to slide down upon for great distances, building up a terrifying speed.  In the daytime the temperatures are hot and dry, and at night the ever-clear skies lead to a haunting chill upon blue-tinted grains.  The sand itself shimmers like gold, and small oases are islands of safety from the desert hazards.  In spite of the heavy winds at altitude, the ground is usually fairly calm and devoid of sandstorm events.

The desert starts at the "front" of the island where desert further heads down a slope into the islands center, and by the front upon barren sandstone stands great magical gateway of ivory, gold, and lapis lazuli known as the Wind Gate.  The gateway itself seems to be an artifact impervious to the weathering of time, and projects a bridge of magical wind which can ferry passengers across dimensions.  Any gateways to this realm seem to come through this wind road by default.

====Ruins of Uratu====

While ruins can be found scattered across the entire desert, it is one spot in the desert in particular which seems to have the most ruins in an intact and uncovered state.  The Ruins of Uratu is a city which seems to have never left the Iron Age on first appearance, but the great number of glyphs and the high concentration of animated cloth creatures and stone or iron constructs seems to suggested it was once an advanced ancient magic city.  The concentration of animated beings is high here, and some even seem to be in a state of maintenance retaining what is left of the city and rebuilding what can be salvaged.  It is a losing battle, but the constructs work tirelessly on to serve the long forgotten inhabitants.

Archways seem to be a common theme within the city, and it was home to both a fantastically long but now broken bridge, and a mysterious pipeway whose vestiges can be found both in the desert and in other parts of the world, cryptically worming its way through the heart of this land.
Author	Eiji-kun +
Identifier	3.5e Location +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	This demiplane is a floating island suspended above a swirling gaseous haze at the crux of the Planes of Air and Water. It is home to a vast desert, rocky canyons and rivers, and a large mountain which looms ominously above. +
Title	Nostos +
Type	Demiplane +