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The [[Redlands]] is tied to the existence of [[Sunset Lake]]. Legends speak of when [[Corath]]'s fist or a chunk of rock from the sky, depending on who you ask, hit the island before it split during the [[Cataclysm]]. The resulting shock, in the words of the naturalist Kae McOushi, | |||
<blockquote><span class="ITALIC">...blew down the trees in front of it, sending searing heat across the earth and stripping the soil down to rock. If you dig down far enough you'll find a glassy brown layer; that's where the wall of fire and air melted the ground. You can see it in the pit, about midway. Some trees farther on were spared being incinerated but died shortly after the land was made desert and have stood dead since.</span> | <blockquote><span class="ITALIC">...blew down the trees in front of it, sending searing heat across the earth and stripping the soil down to rock. If you dig down far enough you'll find a glassy brown layer; that's where the wall of fire and air melted the ground. You can see it in the pit, about midway. Some trees farther on were spared being incinerated but died shortly after the land was made desert and have stood dead since.</span> | ||