The Trench

The Trench is a massive chasm twelve miles long and a half-mile wide in western Arin, stretching from the town of Qilit at its eastern end to Rorth in the west. In some places it is just a few hundred feet deep, but the depth at its center has never been measured.

The Trench formed during the Wars of Arin, when great magics caused an earthquake, and the ground split open. As one of the most visible scars of that great conflict, it serves as a reminder to both towns' residents of how bad things were and how far they have come since then. On any given day, a foul stench emanates from this area, and some say a foul beast was trapped in its depths, just biding its time before it emerges and wreaks havoc once again.