The desert is a dry span of hot sand.  The dunes rise and fall silently.  There is a large rock on which an iguana suns itself.  Cactus plants are scattered sparsely through the land.
Dead Valley, Desert
iguana
traveler
I am a merchant traveling with a group of mercenaries and other merchants for protection. We are traveling to the East to trade spices. I am very nervous about being ambushed by bandits.
I got lost from the other merchants in a stampede Ah. Silly humans. Well this is literally the worst place to get lost. Do you know any way I can get water or any kind of substance to eat> There's water in here, but none of it is very clean. You would have to boil it.  Oh no, I can't boil anything. What abou the Catus, is it edible, I have a knife I could cut the needles off. The cactus is edible if you're really hungry Well, starving to death fits the bill. This place isn't friendly to anyone. It's a tough place to be. Yes I wouldn't have come here on purpose, it really is a crummy place. There is one way to escape, but it's highly dangerous... What is that? If you follow the cactus in a perpendicular direction for 2 hours... you see a road. The thing is... if you don't follow the direction of the cactus just right... you're in serious trouble. You could be lost till you're dead.