The Dark Lands is a territory within D'Hara in the New World. Among its inhabitants are the Straw People, humanoid creatures ruled by the witch woman, Red.
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Little is said, in the books, of the Dark Lands, and even the leading characters themselves, consider them mysterious. They are nominally part of D'Hara, but appear ill-explored, uncharted, and largely ignored by the larger empire, and ruled, if ruled at all, by local despots. As a result, they are havens for diverse strange and monstrous permutations of humanity, which serve as the antagonists of some later books.