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1 Weaker stone eroded away, leaving behind an impressive Arching Formation 51 Fractured and Abandoned, a round Millstone lies

a round Millstone lies covered with overgrowth

2 Almost like Paving Stones, the limestone here cracks in uniform tessellations 52 Nearly every surface here is coated in harmless chartreuse Spores and red Molds

3 Alabaster Karsts jut from the land here, softer stones eroded away by rainfall 53 Millions of pebbles, gathered by diligent Ants have been stacked in a high Mound

4 Bristling with Pines, a wide Hogback Ridge resembles it's namesake when angry 54 Rudely gurgling, Bubbles of milky Mud sizzle and Pop among dark puddles

5 Narrow Headland pierces a large Lake, one defiant Holybranch sprouts at the end 55 Piercing the sky, the dulled tip of a Weathered Obelisk about eight men high

6 It only takes a slight Breeze to produce a strange Keening sound in the Rocks here 56 Rotting in place, an old Palisade of Sharpened Stakes leans on itself

7 Pile of Stone Sacks, completely Petrified potentially along with whatever they contained 57 Even the Clouds don't seem to dare to summit a distant Peak, painted in snow

8 Purpose long lost in the Mists of Time: Area is peppered with Perfect Stone Spheres 58 Ancients incised deep Spiral Grooves in the Boulders here that moss highlights

9 Ghostly memories of a Woeful Time: Spectral Vultures circle here perpetually 59 Graven with Holy Symbols, a Rectangular Waymarker of Stone guided Pilgrims

10 Vines with soft violet rimmed flowers have colonized a fallen Trunk here 60 Brimming with Debris, whatever dug this Pit long ago is nowhere to be seen

11 Tailings from a nearby Spent Mine mar the lush Vegetation that grows here 61 Clotted with vibrant green pearls of Duckweed: A shallow tannin stained pond

12 Crumbling and resembling a Gap-Toothed Smile, a waist-high Stone Wall 62 Clear water from a Spring appears to have found a home in this stone-lined Pool

13 You'd hate to see the size of the Dung Beetle that rolled this Huge Ball 63 Weathered to resemble a Bird Skull, a pale Promontory juts into a Lake

14 Can't shake it, but no matter what it seems to smell like Roasting Fowl here 64 Something massive was burned here: Still smells of Incense, charred Bones

15 Shallow Mouth of a Cave, bestrewn with Bones from Carnivore Kills 65 Partially Dressed Stones dot the landscape leading to an abandoned Quarry

16 Brilliant Blue Water below the rim of a Cenote, Roots and Vines dangle down 66 Magic or Labor of Thousands must have went into this long, earthen Rampart

17 Runs of rich reddish Clay race down the length of an Embankment 67 Massive Roots slither from the steep sides of this narrow Ravine

18 Seven emaciated Greybole Trees cling to the sides of a stony and sheer Cliff Face 68 A trio of almost Identical Whitemantle Pines graces a high Ridge

19 Sticking out like a sore thumb: A fluted Capital-less Column as tall as Trees 69 Few Pools remain, full of Frogspawn frantically swimming in this dry Riverbed

20 Like Fingers from a Witch's Hand, slender Crags grasp at the Clouds 70 Sinuously cutting through the land, this Rivulet flows purposefully

21 After scaling a rugged Slope, you stand upon the lip of a large Crater 71 Jumbled precariously, large remnants of a Rockslide came to rest here

22 Luxuriously furred Banks of Moss corral a Creek that meanders at a Trickle 72 Scraggly species of tall Grasses find purchase upon white Sand mounds here

23 Furrowed about a dagger-length deep, a crevice in the ground winds it's way East 73 Footing here is compromised by a jagged and loose Scree of sharp stones

24 Unceremoniously scooped by Flash Flooding perhaps, a soggy Culvert runs North 74 Only one of four dilapidated Columns still stand in this small Shrine

25 Small, secluded Hollow forms a Dell made distinctive by it's evenly spaced Trees 75 Helpful Words long faded away, a tilted Sign Post points to Parts Unknown

26 Cattails and Sawgrass sways next to a Muddy Delta where a Stream empties 76 Yawning at the Sky: a steep-walled Sinkhole at least ten Men Deep

27 Ridge of Earth and Grass, perhaps waist high, runs in a straight line to the West 77 Glistening Slime covers the large strewn Stones here in spidery trails and traces

28 Ditch just barely under an arm-span across gouged deep in the damp Soil here 78 Gradually becoming much more steep, a stone covered Slope dotted with Shrubs

29 Balefully leaning, a Dolmen, worked by ancient hands, lords over fallen companions 79 Burbling softly, crystal clear water flows from a crack in a Cliff face

30 Erosion has taken a toll on the Land here: An Embankment Ogre High, bars the way 80 One wing Broken, an Angelic Statue is tattooed with Moss and Lichen

31 Impossibly gigantic: A Blue Snail Shell that would take ten minutes to circumvent 81 Faded Paint still clings to an Enormous Turtle Shell, once used as a Home

32 Gap-toothed and grinning: Weathered wood from a Fence that once stood here 82 Pale and Sharp Shards cleaved from larger Stones litter the ground here

33 Foul smelling Sicky Yellow Smoke seems to flow from the Fumaroles here 83 Niches carved into the Stone here each contain piles of dry and dead Flowers

34 Tan-colored Mud, and spurting plumes of water betray the Geyser activity here 84 Nose-stinging and hot, air around this bubbling black morass of Tar is stifling

35 Swallowing a Large Tree Trunk, an enormous Bee Hive sits abandoned 85 Impossibly gigantic: A Blue Snail Shell that takes ten minutes to circumvent

36 An earthen mound is dotted with the Homes of Small, angrily chirping Mammals 86 From the Bones, it would seem every Predator for miles drags their kills here

37 Steep sides, with a treacherous path down greet you with this huge Gorge 87 Most taller than a Man, sunbaked Mounds filled with termites stand proudly

38 Tree trunks tumble across a narrow Gully, some wide enough to walk across 88 Precarious mud brick/scaffolding only barely keeps this squat Tower standing

39 Slightly out of place for the surroundings, a bald-headed Hill topped with bare dirt 89 Desperate and clingy, a thicket of thorns seems to catch every scrap of cloth

40 Webs grace a dark Hollow, as tall as a Halfling, within a wide Trunk here 90 So fresh you can still see marks of Shovels in Dirt: A Trench about a Spear deep

41 Limbs and large Branches stacked together in a circular shape: A huge Nest 91 Summit of a stony ridge reveals a jagged Vale, littered with battlefield remains

42 Tufted with scraggly Grass and struggling shrubs, a sandy Hummock squats here 92 Stupendous Stonework has managed to keep this Viaduct standing for centuries

43 Windows boarded up, door hanging on hinges: A crude Hut with a shoddy Roof 93 Easily distinguished from fellows: Each of these Trees has White Trunks/Leaves

44 Only about an hour to circumvent, this little Lakelet teems with Fish 94 If all the leaves in a Forest fell at once, they'd probably produce a Pile this big.

45 Broken trunks, scattered Boulders, and clods of Earth tell of a Landslide here recently 95 Not content Underground: Roots Snake and surface like Sea Serpents

46 Hastily constructed and probably not Weather-worthy: A crude Lean-to 96 Old Axe Wounds on the Trunk here have long since scabbed over with Bark

47 Caps of Mushrooms dot a very large Graveshingle Log, each resembles a Skull 97 Antler sheds from at least four dozen Deer piled in a macabre Cairn here

48 Small, salmon colored Blossoms wave in the slightest breeze within this meadow 98 Pools/puddles seem to congregate here, each filled with tiny larval melodrama

49 Carvings long ago weathered away, a Solitary Menhir Stands...taller than 2 men 99 Only the ringed Stones remain from what appears to be a very Ancient Well

50 Channeled by determined Boulders, a Stream hesitates with Whitewater in places 100 Four parallel Furrows, big enough to lay inside: resembling huge Claw Marks

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1 Like a partially buried Egg of incredible size, the stone Dome here is remarkably smooth 51 Festooned with Mushrooms, feet of these Bloodcradles snake across the ground

2 Anchor the size of a Wyvern, brown with Rust and embedded in a Boulder 52 Forlorn Willows, tracing circles in the ground with their limbs and leaves

3 Humongous Horseshoe, four men could lay across the open end, half buried 53 From a sheer Drop, Water Cascades in a Spray, forming wriggling Rainbows

4 The Hilt of a Titanic Sword: as long as three Pikes, lies on it's side bladeless 54 Gnarled Trunk of a Wolfperch resembles it's namesake: a Slavering Canine

5 Mossy eyebrows/lichen stubble graces a gigantic Carved Stone Head 55 Gouges from Dagger-sized Claws, high on Trunks: You can barely reach them

6 Single Boot, big enough to Camp within, rests near a stand of Apple Trees 56 High overhead, a desiccated Carcass of a Game Animal droops in the branches

7 Peeking through the Earth, the glint of an impossibly large Shield: Wide as bowshot 57 Hitched and forgotten long ago, sun-bleached Mule Skeleton by a Dwarfdye Tree

8 Circle of Stones, arrayed in an Astronomically Significant way, Dwarf-sized 58 Interrupt a Woodland Stroll? Trees here seem to have Uprooted/Moved recently

9 Bleached by decades of Sun: The Skull of a Gargantuan Horned Beast 59 Large mound of Debris, swept by flooding, obscures the feet of several Trees here

10 Serrated Tooth, tall as a Man, stands upright embedded in the earth 60 Large Pit, filled to the brim with Ashes and smoldering Charcoal

11 Cliff-side sparkles with pale-green Crystals, worthless but beautiful 61 Lichen adorned, Marble Altar, graced with a spidery crack radiating from Center

12 Boulder faceted with 14 sides and then abandoned, sinks into damp earth 62 Looking almost embarrassed, a Sugardapple has suddenly shed all their Leaves

13 Kiln must have been enormous: The cracked Amphora here is as big as a Barn 63 Massive, sturdy, knot covered Coinflower Oak: Home to very territorial Skyjays

14 Strange Calcified Webs run from surface to surface: Made of delicate Stone 64 Mossy Foundation of a small Cabin, Wood long since rotted away

15 Coppiced meticulously, some of the Strongbriar here is overdue for Harvesting 65 Orange Fungal Shelves crowd trunks of Rookshields like Staircases for Sprites

16 Ground is positively littered with fragile Fish-Scales, each the size of a Buckler 66 Overgrown Barrow, Weeds and Saplings cling precariously to the Slopes

17 Crater-like walls protect a Nest with four Petrified Eggs: Each Mule-sized 67 Petrified in place, this Barrelboon Beech Tree even has fragile Limestone Leaves

18 Bubbles ceaselessly churn near the center of this Small Lake 68 Piled higher than a Horse, a Cairn of quartz flecked Stones twinkles in the Sun

19 Water in this Mere is amazingly Clear: Can make out every twig on drowned Trees 69 Pollinators flit about a profusion of Moonwardens, scent of Soap in the air

20 Millpond Reclaimed, only fragments of a once great Wheel can be seen 70 Precariously leaning across a Gully, Ironfruit Mulberry looks like an Old Man

21 As if some great, sleeping and Spiny Beast, spires of stony Scarps form a ridge here 71 Profusion of Barbed Brambles is quick to snag Cloth and scratch Skin

22 Lagoon-like, red and sandy beaches surround this Basin 72 Remains of a Bonfire that must have been visible for miles

23 Diligent Beavers have engineered an Impressive Damn here to form a Pond 73 Resembling a Shapely Leg (Giant-Sized), this Shaderind Trunk is memorable

24 Each Tree Trunk in this stand seems almost Carved to resemble Trapped Elfs 74 Roots of this Blackcrown swell and envelop remnants of a Stone Wall

25 Regardless of Weather or Season, a Ring of Mushroom defiantly sprouts here 75 Sharpened like fat Spears by Beaver Teeth, palisade trunks where Pines stood

26 Vines bearing Boot-Shaped Gourds drape from the branches here 76 Stump, wide enough to lay across, squats defiantly among smaller neighbors

27 Ragged with Worm-rot, an old Sluice seems to crumble before your eyes 77 Sundered by a Thunderbolt ages ago, half of this Whiteshingle grows sideways

28 Terraced lovingly by a long-gone People: a Hillside overgrown with wild Grapes 78 Thick limbs of a Kingroot sag down, almost seeming to kiss the ground in places

29 Robbed of Hewn Stone in ages past, only a small part of this Tower remains 79 Through diligent Drilling: Woodpeckers stud Trunks with an Acorn Granary

30 River nowhere to be seen, an impressive stone Bridge spans a verdant Gully 80 Titanic Granite Boulder, size of a Barn and fuzzy with moss on the sunless side

31 Almost Tear-Shaped, brilliant Blue Water of this large Pond almost hurts the eyes 81 Traces of a Campfire, alongside a blackened and dented Iron Kettle

32 Patch of barren Earth, bereft of Grass, Moss, or even Pebbles, only dead Insects 82 Tree within a Tree, decaying shell of a Horsehaw splits to reveal a smaller one

33 Apparently to heavy to retrieve, a rusting Anvil tips nose down in the Earth 83 Two tall Gravescrub Rowan Trees intertwine their Trunks in a helical embrace

34 Looking for all the world like a Kind but Grinning Face, formations on a Cliff-side 84 Unsightly Blight has infested the Branches here, large Galls sprout like Boils

35 Could swear this Boulder was carved to be a Massive Nose for some Titanic Statue 85 Weeping sweet Swap as Amber Tears, the Highcover Pinyons here trap Insects

36 Although only 40 paces long: The Cyclopean stones of this Wall fit without mortar 86 What first seems to be a Small Lake, reveals itself to be an ancient Caldera

37 Pumpkin-headed Straw Effigy of a Priest, tied to the trunk of a Tree with Ribbons 87 What may have once been a Wagon or Cart, hobbled and covered in Kudzu

38 Corroded and worthless, thousands of Coins, embedded in an old, leaning Trunk 88 Wide as a Wagon, a Person could squeeze into the Hollow of the Trunk here

39 Solitary Tombstone, carvings long since faded, but still embellished with small stones 89 Hundreds of Broken Bottles, strewn in a small ditch, green glass glimmering

40 Rotting wooden Fence stops here, completion abandoned several years ago 90 Canopy of Trees here is charred and burnt, filling the air with the scent of smoke

41 A Cartchoke Oak bulges around the rusting rings of a long disintegrated Barrel 91 Caked halfway up Trunks of most Trees, ochre colored Mud from a recent Flood

42 Abandoned ages ago, but still impressive: A giant Nest consumes most of a Canopy 92 Skeletons of small Creatures adorn the Barbs on all the Swordwoe Bushes here

43 Bark stripped, and heartwood bleaching, these Foolgown Beeches were savaged 93 Dwarfing all other Trees, a Colossal Towerden Oak surveys the lay of the land

44 Bowled over by High Winds, clods of rich soil cling to Roots of leaning Trees 94 Studded with 1,000s of Rusting Nails, a Tree Trunk seems no worse for wear

45 Burbling the stones smooth, a Brook meanders it's way between Fern-covered outcrops 95 Placed high on a Wooden Pole: A Flensed Bear Skull grimaces from it's perch

46 Colonies of Knitworms have woven their little homes around each leaf in the Canopy 96 Dotting a Clearing are smoldering Charcoal Clamps, minders nowhere to be seen

47 Crumbling Archway, ornate carvings worn by wind and rain 97 Winding on itself to form an Oxbow Lake, a fish leaps from a relaxed River

48 Dense Bracken, some drooping to the height of an Ogre, showering spores 98 Riddled with Fossilized Shells of ancient Sea Creatures, a chalky Limestone Bluff

49 Dozens of Dark Burrows dot the Ground here, their Diggers nowhere to be Seen 99 Statue of a Sleeping Figure, on crudely carved Throne, littered with shells of Nuts

50 Enormous Log, hollowed with Decay, and large enough for a Dwarf to stand in 100 Quakepetal Bushes seem to teem with Bees and Butterflies all year round

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