Aether Waste

The Aether Waste is a Landscape of Erwt. It is unique in that nothing is known to live there. The entire Landscape is solid aether, darkly shimmering, immutable. It is the 6 o'clock position of the Face of Erwt.

West of the Aether Waste lies Quipmen, the fungal wastes, and to the east lies Exympor, the volcanic wastes.

Geography
The Aether Waste is completely composed of solid Aether. It has only been charted along the Seaward coast. The few explorers who have tried to venture inland from the coast or from either Quipmen or Exympor and returned to tell their tale, have not succeeded in penetrating more than a day's journey in ordinary terrain.

The terrain is extremely rugged. Huge cliffs that stretch for hundreds of leagues, depthless chasms a stone's throw in width, and plains of needles block the passage of any adventurer. The solid Aether does not yield to pitons or crampons, and ropes are cut by razor-sharp edges.

A most daring attempt to explore the Aether Waste was by heated-air balloon, but the party did not return, which indicates that either the winds are not conducive, or that they attempted to land failed to return to the air.

Flora and Fauna
Nothing is known to live in the Aether Waste. One exception may be some species of fungus from Quipmen, but it is more likely that the fungal mats are simply stretched out on top of the solid Aether and don't actually gain anything but a structural benefit from the material.

Monsters and behemoths are more common towards the border with the Aether Waste in Quipmen and Exympor. It is unknown if the beasts are drawn to the Aether Waste or derive some power or sustenance from it, or if they are simply more likely to survive in areas with smaller human populations. Whether they venture even into the Aether Waste itself is not known.