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== History ==
=== Ascension of the Lord Ruler ===
When [[Rashek]] took the power at the [[Well of Ascension]], he attempted to move Scadrial closer to its star to burn away the [[Deepness]].{{book ref
=== Final Empire ===
During the time of the Final Empire, the burnlands completely encircled the empire;{{qa ref|1012|9|The burnlands are the area surrounding the Final Empire area.}} bordering the [[Remote Dominance]], [[Eastern Dominance]], [[Crescent Dominance]], [[Terris Dominance]], [[Farmost Dominance]] and the [[Southern Islands]].{{map ref|Final Empire|the Final Empire}} During [[Clubs]]'s time as a soldier, he fought in skirmishes with rebels in the burnlands.{{annotation ref|hoa|chapter=23}} In the same area, a rebel named [[Vershad]] pulled scams on the Final Empire, but was caught and turned into the [[koloss]] later known as Human.{{annotation ref|mb3|chapter=37-2}} After the [[Collapse]], [[Sazed]] went to the Eastern Dominace to teach the people who were living near the burnlands.{{book ref
== Way of Life ==
Oftentimes, groups of people fled to the burnlands because they were far from the reach of the Lord Ruler and the Final Empire, and so were mostly autonomous.{{qa ref|977|153}} Bandit kings and robber-barons lived in semi-nomadic kingdoms and clans, striking inward at the empire, such as the Eastern Dominance, to capture food, supplies,{{annotation ref|hoa|chapter=37-2}} and rare metals.{{book ref
Living in the burnlands was a hard way of life. In order to survive, the inhabitants of the burnlands developed some technologies not found throughout the rest of the Final Empire.{{qa ref|1012|9}} They were capable of doing this because they were also far enough away from the Lord Ruler that he could not oppress new technology growth as he typically did.{{epigraph ref|mb3|28}}
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