Editing Burnlands

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The '''burnlands''' were an area of totally barren desert that covered the majority of [[Scadrial]] during the time of the [[Final Empire]], with the notable exceptions of the magnetic north pole, and possibly part of the [[Southern Peoples of Scadrial|southern continent]] as well.{{annotation ref|hoa|chapter=76}}

== History ==
=== Ascension of the Lord Ruler ===
When [[Rashek]] took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]], he attempted to move Scadrial closer to its star to burn away the [[Deepness]].{{book ref|hoa|76}} The planet became too hot though, so he moved it back. Unfortunately, the planet was now too cold for life, and Rashek did not know how to return it to its proper orbit.{{epigraph ref|mb3|4}} So he again moved Scadrial closer to the sun, setting in place measures to protect humanity, such as the [[ash]]. This new, much hotter orbit, raised temperatures,{{book ref|mbag}} creating the burnlands and scorching most of Scadrial clean of life.{{qa ref|977|151|The middle section was scorched pretty clean.}} A few interesting things survived, but most everything else was destroyed. The very borders of the burnlands were somewhat inhabitable, growing less and less habitable further from the empire, eventually resulting in temperatures so hot that survival was impossible.{{qa ref|977|153|There were groups who would go out there to escape the Lord Ruler, and the Final Empire in general.}} The burnlands separated the people of the southern continent and the Final Empire, as it would take a small miracle to survive a crossing.

=== Final Empire ===
During the time of the Final Empire, the burnlands completely encircled the empire;{{qa ref|1012|9|The burnlands are the area surrounding the Final Empire area.}} bordering the [[Remote Dominance]], [[Eastern Dominance]], [[Crescent Dominance]], [[Terris Dominance]], [[Farmost Dominance]] and the [[Southern Islands]].{{map ref|Final Empire|the Final Empire}} During [[Clubs]]'s time as a soldier, he fought in skirmishes with rebels in the burnlands.{{annotation ref|hoa|chapter=23}} In the same area, a rebel named [[Vershad]] pulled scams on the Final Empire, but was caught and turned into the [[koloss]] later known as Human.{{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=37-2}} After the [[Collapse]], [[Sazed]] went to the Eastern Dominace to teach the people who were living near the burnlands.{{book ref|mb2|23}} During the [[Final Ascension]], [[Harmony]] returned Scadrial to its correct orbit and restored life to the burnlands.{{book ref|hoa|82}}

== Way of Life ==
Oftentimes, groups of people fled to the burnlands because they were far from the reach of the Lord Ruler and the Final Empire, and so were mostly autonomous.{{qa ref|977|153}}  Bandit kings and robber-barons lived in semi-nomadic kingdoms and clans, striking inward at the empire, such as the Eastern Dominance, to capture food, supplies,{{annotation ref|hoa|chapter=37-2}} and rare metals.{{book ref|mbag}} These bandits were actually the cause of a few successful uprisings.{{annotation ref|hoa|chapter=23}} These bandits were often conflict with the [[Inquisitor]]s of the [[Steel Ministry]], as well as soldiers, which made the Final Empire to brand most of the people in the area as rebels.{{book ref|mbag}} The people in the burnlands, often referred to as the '''wasted men''',{{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=37-2}} also had to deal with uncontrolled koloss who could survive surprisingly well in the burnlands.{{qa ref|1012|9}}

Living in the burnlands was a hard way of life. In order to survive, the inhabitants of the burnlands developed some technologies not found throughout the rest of the Final Empire.{{qa ref|1012|9}} They were capable of doing this because they were also far enough away from the Lord Ruler that he could not oppress new technology growth as he typically did.{{epigraph ref|mb3|28}}

== Notes ==
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