What may have once been great kingdoms have been reduced to crumbling, decayed ruins inhabited by monsters. Now the Plateau is a decaying wasteland that is slowly crumbling into the chaos of Quagmire below. It is said by the Ghoul, Pick Man, that the Plateau was once a paradise, the place where the Gods once came to dream, but that was long ago. The Hunter tells the Dragonborn that it is the only stable piece of land in the ever-shifting nightmare of Vaermina's realm. Little is known about the history of Leng. The sun, however, is veiled in some way that leaves it constantly dim and red-lidded. The fact the the Moon-beasts can travel to and from the moon with their galleys, as well as other realms outside of Oblivion, implies the former. The Sun and Moons of Tamriel are visible here, although it is unclear whether they are the true celestial bodies seen in Tamriel or rather perverse versions that exist only in the Dreamlands.

The winds of Quagmire blow unceasingly over the southern cliff, scouring the land with dust and grit. The thin air is hot and dry by day, but frigid cold at night. The climate of the plateau is arid and unforgiving. There are a number of ruins spread across the broad arc of the southern cliffs with a number of broken roads connecting them, implying that there were once populated cities that have decayed into ruins and monsters. There is a heavy feeling that the plateau itself is slowly breaking apart, and the Pick Man claims that the land itself is crumbling back into Quagmire. The jagged cliffs are split and broken in places, opening into caves and canyons that extend out from the plateau. To the west, north, and east lie crumbling cliffs that rise above the level of the plateau, creating rising steppes that build up to the feet of huge, jagged mountains.

The dark waters of an ocean can sometimes be seen beneath the swirling storms. Its southern border drops abruptly into shear cliffs that disappear into the swirling mists of Quaqmire below. The plateau is a mostly flat region of stone and dust, scoured barren by the chaotic winds that are constantly blowing.

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