Wall of the Gods

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"Thirty years I sailed the most dangerous waters known to man, and never was I so terrified as when my vessel first took to the skies and entered the domain of the Wall of the Gods"


 * - Captain Trent of the Yellow Sparrow

Region
The Wall of the Gods separates the North and South halves of the Sellederre Empire, and spans over a hundred miles east to west. It is the highest mountain range in the world of Varia, and is completely impassible on foot for the majority of the year.

Narrow crevices and inter-connecting valleys work their way through the mountain ranges, though these often lead to cliff faces or sudden impassible drops.

It is said that if one was to climb to the highest peak of the highest mountain of the Wall of the Gods, they would find the breach from the physical plane to the aetherial plane through which all arcane magic is considered to be derived. It is also through this breech that the souls of the Old Gods are thought to have returned to following their deaths.

Peoples
Very few people inhabit the Wall of the Gods, and even less do so permanently. Occasional monasteries and dwarven holds exist in the lowlands of the mountain ranges, though the highest one ascends the fewer of these rarities are found.

Deep within the crevices and valleys of the Wall of Gods, it is said that vast fleets of sky pirates take harbour and battle among one another for their hard won plunder. Such tales are untested, however, for few sky captains are willing to risk travelling the route often enough to encounter such a phenomena... and fewer still would have the ability to survive such an encounter.

Travelling
Travelling through the Wall of the Gods is nigh on impossible by airship, and certainly impossible by foot without considerable preparation. The terrain is simply impassible throughout most of the year, and even during those few weeks in which the ices have melted enough to pass, one must content with fast running melt water which has the potential to rapidly refreeze at any moment.

Travel by skyship is the cheapest option that is still likely to see you arrive at your destination in one piece, though sky captains willing to fly the route are few and far between.

Ancient
Raised by the Old Gods during the period of ruination, in folklore this mountain range served as the final battleground of the Old Gods as they fought their opponents towards the aetherial plane. Whatever its origins, the Wall of the Gods has remained much the same for the past thousand years: Impassible, daunting and ever-present.

Recent
In recent history, it is rumoured that sky pirates have begun to take harbour in the deep crevices and valleys of the Wall of the Gods, making the ever-dangerous area even more perilous.

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