Cleft Desert

One of the three Great Mana Scars marring the land of Slagveld.

Legend
It is said that two armies came to an area to fight, over what, has been lost to the ages, as what was there in no way resembles what is there now. The wizards, on one side or another, it makes little difference now, summoned a massive sword to combat the opposing army. They say the sword was so colossal in size and grand in scope that those standing under the hilt could not see where the blade ended, but they say a lot of things about those times. The sword was only swung once, a downward arc that ravaged the army it hit, and cleaved the land under them, piercing all the way through the crust of the planet to the mantle.

Appearance
If one could fly over this gigantic wound in the world, one might see what appears to be lava at the bottom. As it stands, the immediate area is cast in a reddish glow, and for hundreds of miles in every direction is wasteland where the usual things one might find in the rest of Slagveld no longer grow. The heat from the core of the planet radiates from the World Cleave, and over time has dried the once life giving soil to harsh sand, and banished any flora and fauna that require more than a thimble of water to survive.