Lit by the relentless flame of the Elemental Pole of Fire, the South of Creation has been intimately and inexorably altered to match the patterns found within that conflagration: its land marked by scorching heat and its people by burning passion. More so than any other, the South is a study of contrasts: unfathomable wealth and unimaginable poverty, unfettered ambition and unending hopelessness. These and thousands more, both great and small, await the curious traveler.