The Golden Path is a trade route that crosses the Taizzan Expanse between Amshan in the east and Tirione and the Eastern Chaskan city-states in the west.
History
Thousands of years old, the Golden Path has long been an important connection between the peoples living around the Chaska Sea and those around the Kirnashal Sea, a way for culture, language, religion, and more to spread across these two disparate lands.
Geography and route
The Golden Path passes directly through the middle of the Taizzan Expanse. In the east it is usually considered to begin at the Amshani capital of Hashkaman, though merchants come and go to the Path from many cities. After leaving Amshani territory heading west, there are very few settlements where travelers can resupply, save for Deadheart and small outposts set up by the Blessed Friends. Upon reaching the more verdant lands of the west, near the coast of the Chaska Sea, the route splits. Some choose to go north to Tirione, and in particular Tirzah, while others follow the Tela River south to the independent city of Arwad.
Some caravans choose to take a more northerly route, bypassing the more hazardous parts of the desert by moving along its edge, but this is not free of dangers either, as it passes quite close to, or even within, the anti-magic fields of the Arrajan Wilds. This path is also less well-guarded against Ku-Hakkaran gnoll raiders.