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=== Cultural Significance ===
=== Cultural Significance ===
Zanarakis is both a physical and a spiritual realm, where reality often blurs with illusion. The desert’s inhabitants—the [[Gilaari]] and [[Sunshifters]]—have adapted to its unpredictable nature, developing cultures based on survival, movement, and the mastery of illusion and transformation.
Zanarakis is both a physical and a spiritual realm, where reality often blurs with illusion. The desert’s inhabitants—the [[Gilaari]] and [[Galihi]]—have adapted to its unpredictable nature, developing cultures based on survival, movement, and the mastery of illusion and transformation.
|Notable Settlments=* [[Mirajhar]], the City of Shifting Sands – A mystical city that appears and disappears like a mirage, serving as a cultural and spiritual hub for the desert’s inhabitants.
|Notable Settlments=* [[Mirajhar]], the City of Shifting Sands – A mystical city that appears and disappears like a mirage, serving as a cultural and spiritual hub for the desert’s inhabitants.
* [[Orundahl]], the last major settlement before the Zanarak Desert, serving as a critical waypoint for travelers, merchants, and fortune-seekers.
* [[Orundahl]], the last major settlement before the Zanarak Desert, serving as a critical waypoint for travelers, merchants, and fortune-seekers.
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* Sand Dunes – The vast dunes of Zanarak are in constant motion, shifting with the desert winds. Some reach towering heights, making navigation perilous.
* Sand Dunes – The vast dunes of Zanarak are in constant motion, shifting with the desert winds. Some reach towering heights, making navigation perilous.
* The Glass Fields of Zanarak – Intense heat from the nearby land of [[Tahr’Zul]] have created towering spires, jagged ridges, and smooth, reflective plains of glass
* The Glass Fields of Zanarak – Intense heat from the nearby land of [[Tahrzul]] have created towering spires, jagged ridges, and smooth, reflective plains of glass
|Climate=Zanarak experiences scorching days and freezing nights, with unpredictable sandstorms and periods of extreme drought.
|Climate=Zanarak experiences scorching days and freezing nights, with unpredictable sandstorms and periods of extreme drought.
|Flora and Fauna=Despite its harsh environment, Zanarak is home to unique desert flora and fauna, many of which have adapted to the shifting landscape.
|Flora and Fauna=Despite its harsh environment, Zanarak is home to unique desert flora and fauna, many of which have adapted to the shifting landscape.
|Inhabitants==== Sunshifters ===
|Inhabitants==== Galihi ===
The Sunshifters are a nomadic society of alchemists and illusionists, using their skills to survive in the ever-changing desert.
The Galih are a nomadic society of alchemists and illusionists, using their skills to survive in the ever-changing desert.


* Culture – They live in roaming caravans, constantly on the move. Their mastery of illusion and transformation allows them to navigate and shape the desert to their advantage.
* Culture – They live in roaming caravans, constantly on the move. Their mastery of illusion and transformation allows them to navigate and shape the desert to their advantage.
* Skills – Sunshifters use alchemy and desert magic to craft glass tools, find water, and manipulate mirages.
* Skills – Galihi use alchemy and desert magic to craft glass tools, find water, and manipulate mirages.


=== Gilaari ===
=== Gilaari ===