Sabi Sea

Sabi Sea (Japanese: 錆海 or "Sabi Kai", literally "Rusted Sea")

Profile
The Sabi Sea, as its name implies, was originally an ocean inhabited by various aquatic life-forms. However, due to unknown circumstances, be it climate change or the work of an unspecified entity like an Elder Dragon, it dried up and turned into the barren wasteland it is today.

It is assumed to have been home to not only numerous leviathans, carapaceons and piscine wyverns, but also a certain tribe of merfolk spoken of in ancient records.

The area is composed of coral structures, sand plains, salt mountains, mineral deposits and corroded architecture left by its former Lynian inhabitants.

Unique Environmental Features
The Sabi Sea’s atmosphere is covered in a cloud of peculiar life-forms known as Cyanobacteria. These are organisms capable of shifting their color, much like Chameleons, to match different colors of light across the area they float in.

While originally indigenous to oceans, through unknown means they have adapted to be able to float in the air as well. This allows them to effectively “alter” the color of the skies above the Sabi Sea, making for unpredictable yet gorgeous sights to behold.

Climate and environmental hazards
The Sabi Sea’s climate consists of a combination of high temperatures with dry air during the day and low temperatures and moderate humidity during the night.

The area also features various types of Salt Lakes that vary in color as a result of local Cyanobacteria reacting to chemical compositions. That way, some lakes are hazardous to the Hunter while others have restorative properties.

Battle Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srG6TkVTiKg

Inhabiting Large Monster Ideas

 * Taikun Zamuza Variant (Clad in Rust/Metals rather than Dirt)
 * Lavasioth/Jyuratodus Variant (Rust/Corroded Iron Skin)
 * Rust Duramboros Variant (Further Evolved and Acclimated)
 * Rusted Kushala Daora (Tarnished or Galvanized Steel Skin)
 * Basarios Variant (Halite or other local minerals-enhanced)
 * Akura Family Variant (Multi-colored crystals and attributes)
 * Agnaktor Family Variant (Halite or other local minerals-themed)
 * Sandworm Monster (The local glutton and predator from below)
 * Unique Elder Dragon (power to control one or multiple substances in the area)

Inhabiting Small Monster Ideas

 * White-skinned Cephalos-relative (with spots of reddish/brown)
 * White-skinned Delex-relative (with spots of reddish/brown)
 * Haliprey/Drome (local Genprey variant)
 * Kusubami-relative
 * Local wingdrakes

Inhabiting Large Monsters

 * Silver Rathalos & Gold Rathian
 * Rukodiora & Rebidiora
 * Kirin & Oroshi Kirin
 * Daimyo Hermitaur
 * Desert Blangonga
 * Harudomerugu
 * Bazelgeuse
 * Nibelsnarf
 * Deviljho
 * Rajang

Map Layout & Design
Work in progress

Local Resources

 * Pelagicite Ore
 * Bathycite Ore
 * Halite Ore
 * Bromidium
 * Potassium
 * Oceanium
 * Deep-Sea Crystal
 * Rainbow Coral
 * Galvanized Steel