The dust doesn't even stir as she walks across it. The sharp footfalls of her heeled boots produce no sound. Before long, before many minutes, they find themselves at the site of what seems to be an enormous impact crater. The sun is at its strongest in these areas, high and hot - hence the landscape's very name.

There are ruins here, so shattered as to be almost unrecognizable. Is the rubble from a pillar? A wall? What type of building? All of those are unanswerable. Enough can be seen to perceive an almost Grecian architecture, but more than that is mystery.

Except to her. Mercury steps forward as though she's very familiar with this place. She doesn't remember it perfectly, but now that she's here she can almost see the ghost of former days.

"This was the site of the Mercury Kingdom."