In addition to the desert itself, from which violent sandstorms regularly blow, the main danger for the inhabitants of this region are the Saoures, the inhabitants of the deep desert, who are not subject to the law of the Sultan. More information about them is available in the section dealing with the Al-Saour-Agif desert.

Al-Saour-Agif desert - We could consider the Al-Saour-Agif desert as the “7th emirate” of the Land of Sands. The climate in the desert is unbearable, the aridity extreme. The inhabitants of the Land of Sands never venture there. Travel between the eastern and western emirates is almost entirely via the Dark Sea (except for the pilgrimage to Jabba Hal and some risky land trade expeditions). The rule of the Sultan does not extend into the deep desert, although there are persistent rumors that it is inhabited by lawless desert men, the Saoures.

The stories surrounding the desert dwellers are very real, the fearsome Saoures inhabit the desert of Al-Saour-Agif and they have no rival there. Only coming out at night, they quickly became the center of the scariest myths one can hear in this part of the world. Twice a year at the summer and winter solstices the Saoures lead nocturnal attacks against the emirates. That of Annaba-Jabel has most often been the victim of the sandmen, and their attacks always result in the disappearance of old people…