 Scattered across Sinai are regions known as the Forbidden Zones, so named because no sane airship captain would ever steer his vessel into this area. Those who venture in fall victim to mysterious accidents. The "Zones" are not immediately visible or special in any way from a distance ... but once one flies INTO such a zone, the scenery changes dramatically, as the sky darkens, webs of lightning spread about ... and things generally get unpleasant. On the ground, there isn't necessarily anything special at all ... except that the persons known as "Exiles", when they arrive on Sinai, show up somewhere within these Zones, by some mysterious means. Forbidden Zones vary greatly in size, some of the more noteworthy (and especially large) ones including Shabar, Aeztepa, Bosch, the Forbidden Zone of Mount Dronnel, and Xenea Canyon (site of the City of Hands). Other Zones have been discovered, among other places, in the Vykarin Wastes, the Wandering Roams, the Himaat, Himar, and the Desolate Band.
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Scattered across Sinai are regions known as the Forbidden Zones, so named because no sane airship captain would ever steer his vessel into this area. Those who venture in fall victim to mysterious accidents. The "Zones" are not immediately visible or special in any way from a distance ... but once one flies INTO such a zone, the scenery changes dramatically, as the sky darkens, webs of lightning spread about ... and things generally get unpleasant.
