Editing Icelus (section)

==The bogs of Icelus==

The bogs of Icelus, covered in a thick layer of algae and industrial oil, harbor a surprising life-form--bacterium that convert the oil into usable energy by transporting it into the depths of the bog. Buried under tons of decomposing plant matter and industrial runoff, the oil undergoes combustion, driving reactions which create mild neurotoxins, which filter to the surface. These neurotoxins build up in pockets beneath the algae and oil on the surface, and are released slowly in small jets, visible as a thin stream of iridescent gas. This gas, referred to as The Sleepless' Breath, causes severe whole-body numbing, insomnia and psychosis.