To the east of The Rift lies a vast wasteland of desert sands, dry stone, strange weather, and monsters without number. These are the Eastern Wastes.

Thought to be the site of whatever mysterious event precipitated The Rivening, the Wastes are home only to hardy barbaric nomads (The Barthud), goblinoid and orcish races, and monsters of endless variety. Occasionally, these creatures will find their way through The Rift and into Zaldara to plague the countryside.