Shapas Desert

Type: Location — Desert Region Status: Canon (published + corroborated by ChatGPT export material)

Overview

A desert region on Maf, home to the Gherallis/Kaolsani people and site of Wetrock. Contains a large central salt pan, striking rock arches and pillars, and canyons of red, black, and brown stone. To the northeast lies a mountainous canyon region containing gold and silver deposits. See Shapas Desert Geography: The Tic-Tac-Toe Regions for a detailed regional survey of the desert's nine sub-regions, including the Soulsen oil fields.

Resources

Oil ("black blood of the desert" per Aa Konta's prophecies)
Gold, silver
Diamonds and colored stones (mined historically by the Gherallis/Kaolsani and traded for jewelry/crafts)
Per ChatGPT export material (not yet fully archived): later found to also contain rare earths, ores, minerals, and uranium — discovered by an LMT-sponsored expedition beginning 1919–1920

Cross-Reference Note

This location is corroborated across two independent source materials — the Prophecies of Aa Konta article (in-universe prophetic/religious text) and the ChatGPT export's Jonesboro/LMT history (narrative history covering the 1919–1920 resource expedition). The prophecies' "iron goat" and "iron towers" drawing "black blood" appear to depict the same oil extraction operations described in the later material. Full integration pending ChatGPT export processing.

Appearances

Prophecies of Aa Konta (article)
Referenced in ChatGPT export conversations (LMT/Jonesboro history — not yet fully archived)

Open Questions

Precise geographic relationship to Kila Vas, Jonesboro, and other established locations not yet mapped
Full extraction/colonization history pending ChatGPT export processing