Great Eastern Desert

The Great Eastern Desert is a vast desert located east of Rome. The desert is the home of the Sphinx, a band of Nomads, various strains of scorpions and a dragon guarding a valuable treasure. The Pyramid and the lost city of Thalos are located in this Theran desert.

Maps

Cyrion's Map of The Great Eastern Desert

The Great Eastern Desert
as seen by Cyrion

Speed Walks from GED01:
    Thalos:        3s, w
    Pyramid:       3e, n
    Dragon's Lair: 4e, 3n
    Nomad Camp:    4n
                                                         
        TMT---TMT                                        
         |                                               
        BtC---TWT                                        
         |                                                                     GED24                
  IST---ANC---ITe                                                               ^                   
         |                                                                      |                   
    +---ASO--------------------------------------------------------------------GED19--+
    |    |          +--------------+ +------------+                             |     |        
    |    |          |              v |            v                     *       v     v    
    |   GED04-------+      GED21<--GED17--------GED16-------GED15-----GED14   GED22   | 
    |    |  ^                        |                       |       / |              |     
    |    |  +----+                   |                     *GED20  (a) |              |     
    |    |       |                   |                                 |              |     
    +-->GED03--+ +------------------GED18<--+                          |              |     
         |     |                     |      |                          |              |     
         |     v                     v      |                          |              |     
         |     |                    GED22   |                          |              |     
         |     |                            |                         GED13-->ARB     |             
         |     +-----------+------>--+------+                          | ^            |             
         |                 |         |                                 | |            |             
        GED02-------------GED21      |                                 | +------------|---+         
         |                 |         |     +------------------+        |              |   |         
         |               *GED22--->--+     |                  |        |              |   |         
         |                 |               |   (2)   GED27<--GED11----GED10-->ARB     |   |         
    (1)-GED01--->--+---<---+               |    |             |        | ^            |   |         
         |         |                       |   FMP       (3)-GED12---+ | |            |   | 
         |         v                       |    |             ^      v | +------------|---|-----+   
    +-->GED05-----GED06----------GED07---------GED08----------|-----GED09             |   |     |   
    |    |         |             ^  |      |    | ^           |      ^                |   |     |   
    |    |         +---+         |  v      +----+ +-----------|-+----|----<-----------+   |     |   
    |    |             |         | GED27                      | ^    |                    |     |   
    |    |             |         |                            | |    |     +-------------GED28--+   
    |   GED23--->--+---|---------+                            | |    |     |              |         
    |    |         |   |                                      | +----|--GED27--+          v         
    |    +---------|---|--------------------+-->--------------+      |     |   |         GED11      
    |              |   |                    |                        +--<--|---+                    
    |              |   | GED11              |                        |     |                        
    +--GED25--->---+   |  ^                 |                        |     |                        
        |              v  |                 |                        |     |                        
        +--------------GED26----------------|------------------------+     |                        
                       ^  |                 |                              |                        
          GED18        |  +-->--------------+                              |  
           ^           |                                                   |   
           |           +---------------------------------------------------+                        
  GED02<--GED24                                                                                     
           |                                                 (a)                                    
           v                                                 /                                      
          GED22       AHC---ASS   ANT---AWT---TML---TCa---WSL                                       
                             |     |                                                                
                            ASC---NCr                                                              
                                                                                                    
Zone Connections
----------------
(1) End of the Via Praenestina in Rome
(2) Camel Area in the Pyramid
(3) The Grand Gate of Thalos in Thalos

Room Names
----------
AHC: A Hidden Chamber
ANC: A Nomad Camp
ANT: A Narrower Tunnel
ARB: Archon's Rickety Rope Bridge (DT)
ASC: A Small Cavern
ASO: A Small Oasis
ASS: A Small Shaft
AWT: A Wide Tunnel
BtC: Beside the Camels
FMP: In Front of the Mighty Pyramid
GED01-GED28: The Great Eastern Desert
IST: In a Small Tent
ITe: Inside a Small Tent
NCr: A Narrow Crack
TCa: The Cavemouth
TML: The Mysterious Lair
TMT: The Main Tent
TWT: The Warriors' Tent
WSL: The Wind-Swept Ledge

Breeze's Map of the Great Eastern Desert

The Great Eastern Desert
as seen by Breeze
on the 13th day of the month of the battle, year 356.

Since this desert is so big and empty, there's almost no point in mapping it.
The burning sun and endless, vast nothingness will let you lose your way no
matter what map you have.

After hours of running around here, after falling for Archon's rickety rope
bridge once and nearly drying out several times, I however managed to figure
some directions to the deserts main places of interest.

From the eastern end of clay road (Rome) to:

The Grand Gate Of Thalos 	e, 3s, w
The Great Pyramid 		4e, n
The Dragons Lair 		5e, 3n
Oasis / Nomads camp 		e, 4n

The Dragons lair:                                The Nomads Camp:

i really don't know what the Dragon guards       Nothing much here.
out here. He must be bored to death with         Be careful, though,
one wanderer a century.                          the camel bites.

                            GED                      Mai-Mai
                            /                         |
    Sha   NaT-WiT-MyL-Cav-Led                        Cam-War
     |     |                                          |
    Cav---Cra                                    Ten-Nom-Ten
                                                      |
                                                    Oasis

GED - Great Eastern Desert    Oasis - A Small Oasis
                              Nom - A Nomad Camp
Led - The Wind-Swept Ledge    Cam - Beside the Camels
Cav - The Cavemouth           War - The Warriors' Tent
MyL - The Mysterious Lair     Mai - The Main Tent
WiT - A Wide Tunnel           Ten - Inside a small tent
NaT - A Narrower Tunnel           / in a small tent
Cra - A Narrow Crack
Cav - A Small Cavern
Sha - A Small Shaft