It was home to Jhag and Trell. Jhag horses, bred long ago by the Jaghut, ran wild there. During the invasion of Seven Cities by the Malazan Empire, it was discovered there were still some Jaghut alive in the desert. The T'lan Imass that were supposed to be under command of the Malazans marched off into the desert to fight the Twenty-eighth Jaghut War.