#anyways GW lost soulds are angy and hungy owo

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I know the image is all blurry and it's hard to see, but that was the intention :D As I said before, I love when a place gets red tinted when a shard eruption happens, so I always try to get pictures. What I haven't mentioned tho, is that Golden Wasteland is my absolute favorite place when it gets red and super foggy. Yes, I know you can't see a thing but that's the best part in my opinion (⁠｡⁠◕⁠ ‿⁠ ◕⁠｡⁠)

I don't think anyone would like to listen to my rant about Golden Wasteland in red filter, but sadly, God created Tumblr and gave me access to it, so bear with me 🙏🏻 Anyways, my love for red GW is mostly because of the lore the game has. I think most sky played must know by now, but GW used to be a very prosperous and wealthy place, –similar to Daylight Prairie in flora– and GW was theoretically (this is only speculation) a merchant realm. That was until the war broke off and the place got completely destroyed. Theoretically Golden Wasteland has this name because it used to be a golden land, but now it's just a wasteland.

Sorry, I got off topic, anyways- Think about it, GW is a place where a war happened. And we know from AURORA's concert that the war was a real bloodbath (even if we didn't see any blood) and at least hundreds of people must have died in pain, agony and misery. I'm not religious, but having the dead, especially angry dead in your yard is never a good idea. These people either died fighting, or were 'casualties', so if their resentment made the realm get more red, wouldn't it make sense? If their resentment made the real get foggy, either because the souls trapped in the soil want more dead, or because they want to stop people from coming, wouldn't it also make sense?

I know canonically there's no such thing as lingering resentful spirits, but tbh, this is my personal headcanon: The people that died at GW as a result of war and pollution are still there. Unable to move on to Eden due to their hatred and resentment. But they don't have the power to do anything to the realm on their own, so when a shard eruption happens, they basically get a little help from the Eden — a place that's filled with negativity and corruption; corruption that seeks to spread,so why not use the damaged souls at Golden Wasteland? (Do keep in mind that this is not even a theory, just a little headcanon I have for entertainment)

Also, GW is way more scary when it's foggy, so that's also cool as hell lol