Plains of Purple Dust

The Plains of Purple Dust, was a vast windy desert located east of the Dragonsword Mountains on the edge of the region formerly occupied by Mulhorand and the northern region of the Raurin desert. The desert expanded in the century following the Spellplague.

Geographic Features
The Plains of Purple Dust was covered with a purple colored dust that radiated faint magic and stony crags and rocky badlands.

Inhabitants

 * Purple worms
 * Sludar-A nomadic tribe of mongrelmen.
 * Human nomads-
 * In the Underdark beneath the dust cities of Lizardfolk can be found.
 * Brown dragons, Blue dragons and Brass dragons can be found here.
 * Spectral mages the undead remains of Imaskar Artificers.
 * Rocs were rumored to nest in the mountains.
 * Purple sanglings inhabited the dunes.

Oases

 * The Grinning Skull-A large pool shielded by the skull of a great wyrm dragon.
 * The Lonely Lake-The descendants of the wizard Nezram can be often found here

Ruins
Dozens of ancient arcane towers made of purple stone could be found here.