Winter in Linlopes always meant snow, but that didn't mean the entire northern region was snow-covered. In fact, only a section along the mountains would see snow. That was also the relatively affluent area in central Lunbak.
Leaving the mountains and heading north, the whole world changed.
If the south was considered fertile and Linlopes was considered barren, then the place Andrew and Christina were headed must be described as lifeless.
The yellowing land was filled with ravines, with dusty and wind-eroded rocks forming strange shapes everywhere. Scattered wild grasses, nearly every stalk was yellowed. Occasionally, one could see the bones of various large animals.
Water sources were not visible, and even the sky was a yellowish hue.
It was a land of death, its only difference from the desert maybe being that deserts had sand while here there were more rocks. Given some time, as the wind eroded the rocks into fine powder, this would become a new desert.
