The Scorched Desert

"The spreading darkness in Egypt threatens the entire world."

In the tall shadows of ancient history, a long forgotten god has risen, a cruel Pharaoh is stirring in his grave and the Plagues of Egypt have returned to haunt the Black Land.

It all started in a small and secluded valley in the Egyptian desert when a massive earthquake ripped the ground open and a black, oily substance leaked out of the cracks to corrupt the land. In its wake, storied monsters have crept out of the dark places, ancient cults have taken the minds of the innocent and a forgotten temple has been rediscovered.

The villagers of Al-Merayah live in constant fear, wedged between crazed cultists and the prophesied protectors of their ancestral land, the Marya.

And with darkness rising, all the agents of the secret world - good and bad – gather in the small valley; to fight for the spoils, to help those in need, or to answer the call of the Black Pharaoh.

Previous area: Blue Mountain and Faction Base

Next area: City of the Sun God and then Transylvania. Hell Fallen is an optional Dungeon.

Missions

Egypt begins and with the mission arc : Black Sun, Red Sand

The Angry Earth and King of the Hill from Season 3, among other post-Egypt missions, are set in The Scorched Desert

The Scorched Desert missions

Action

Golem

• A Lion in the Streets
• A Shadow Over Egypt
• An Uneasy Alliance
• Demolition Man
• From Below
• From Oxford, With Love
• Old Gods, New Tricks
• The Fate of al-Merayah
• The High Cost of Dying
• The Last Legion
• The Madness of Men
• The Siege of al-Merayah

Investigation

• Angels & Demons
• The Angry Earth
• The Big Terrible Picture
• The Unburnt Bush

Item

• A Flight of Locusts
• A Ghoulish Fate
• Attack on al-Merayah
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place
• Consecration
• Droning On and On
• Filthy Science
• Friends and Neighbours
• Ghoul Pool
• Headhunter
• King of the Hill
• Letters from the Front
• Modern Archaeology
• Moving Mountains, Rising Sands
• Not by Bread Alone
• Not on Google Maps
• Old Scotch, New Problems
• Pass the Ammunition
• Plague of Locusts
• Primum Non Nocere
• Pumped Up
• Ruined
• Scattered to the Wind
• Scorched Earth
• Signal Effect
• Supply Run, Too
• Tainted Dreams
• Ten Thousand Bullets
• The Bomb Squad
• The Eighth Plague
• The Fedora Express
• The Little Drone That Could
• The Scorpion Queen
• Tomb Raiders
• Touched by Fire
• Wayward Weapons

Sabotage

• A Time to Every Purpose
• Live Free, Die Hard
• The Living Oil
• The Prisoner
• The Prometheus Initiative
• The Traitor

Lore

There are 28 lore pieces in the Scorched Desert, according to Unfair.co

Video

Links

• The Hand of Aten