The Desert Terrarium is home to the Ettins, who often wander the ship in search of teacups. They rarely find them and so pick up any odd bits of machinery they come across and take them back to their desert home. The Desert is maintained to a constant temperature by the eruptions of the volcano that the Shee considerately installed to keep the Ettins warm. To reduce the amount of volcano rubble that tended to pile up, the Shee also engineered a species of creature called Gnarlers that live off the nutrients in the boulders. The Desert is also home to the Uglee and the familiar Albian Spinosa.