Allegedly scorched as a result of the so-called Darcsen Calamity, the area has been reduced to a huge, uniquely-shaped crater with a host of deep crags issuing out of the massive gulch at the basin's center. Thought to be the result of a massive explosion, these fissures in the ground match standing rock formations full of large, circular holes. The true cause for the devastation of Barious is the use of the Valkof lance by the Valkyrur during the War of the Valkyrur, which completely obliterated the entire Darcsen community and forever changed the climate of Barious.