The Crater Wasteland

To the southwest of the forest you will find some charred trees. Continue on your way, and you’ll find the reason- a complete wasteland, with nothing in it but craters scattered randomly across the ground. Look out- sometimes a crater, or several, will spew lava, but there’s no way to tell when that’s going to happen; sometimes there’s nothing for weeks at a time, while sometimes a dozen craters go off simultaneously and continue to shoot out random jets of lava for the next few days, and sometimes they just spit out steam or boiling water for a few moments before becoming silent once more. The area stinks of sulfur, and there is little to hide you. Tread carefully, or you may find yourself burning to death- or bleeding to death, as your laughing competitor slips away to find another victim.