The journey through the desert is slow, and hot. They stay near the river as they progress northwest, but soon, even that turns into trickles, or vanishes underground. The dry, arid plains seem to stretch endlessly for miles, though large formations of sand or stone can be seen, off in the distance, shimmering with the waves of heat off the ground.<br/><br/>Their journey encounters no difficulties over the next day, but opens up questions of where to go next.<br/><br/>(All directions lead equally across the badlands; four unexplored directions. SW (I3), NW towards the rocky formations (G3) N (F4), or NE towards the sand dunes (G5))