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Concept illustration of The Singing Dunes
Concept art

Wild country · Ember Wastes

The Singing Dunes

Dunes that hum in the wind, a different note for each.

A closer look

At the threshold

Wind draws different notes from slopes that look almost alike. The dunes make the desert audible beyond the reach of sight. Listening becomes less a pleasant pause than an attempt to separate the moving air from what may be moving underneath.

Concept notes for the illustrated atlas. The setting and its details may change as the world develops.

People and discoveries

Sandworm signs, giant spiders, the note that means one is under you

A planned rule of this place

The dunes' song drops a tone when something large moves beneath you; stand still and it passes.

Keep wandering

Elsewhere in this realm

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