The Plaguelands

Creation
The Plaguelands were actually created by the Enderdragon. In the First Age, in the battle with the Red Dragon. The acid the Enderdragon shoots, known as Ender Acid, that missed the Red Dragon, was absorbed into the ground. The Ender Acid was dormant at first and went down to bedrock.

But in the Fifth Age, the Ender Acid emerged from it`s hiding. It poisoned 1/6 of Minecraftia. It killed all plant life that it touched, except for berries. Almost all of the people in the area moved out of the Ender Acid`s touch. Trees that died lost their leaves but still stood up right.

The Plaguelands were deserted. But a few people remained there.

Life in The Plaguelands
Life in the Plaguelands is brutal. With animals fighting for berries, meat is rare. There are 3-4 small cities, 7-8 medium-sized towns, and 5-6 villages (Human villages). These are the marketplaces of the Plaguelands. This is where most of the currency in the Plaguelands is located.

In these towns located throughout the Plaguelands, dirt is paid for and shipped from outside the Plaguelands, and into the towns. Then the towns created farms above ground so that the Ender Acid did not poison the dirt. That is how towns had a supply of meat, wheat, and vegetables.

Many ruins of cities are scattered throughout the Plaguelands. Scavengers and thieves run rampant through these ruins. But there are also old ruins such as old temples, castles, cities, and more that have been there since the First, Second, or Third Age.