Ysgarm Peaks
The Ysgarm Peaks is the name for a small cluster of mountains located roughly in the center of the Headlands region of The Northern Reaches, a short distance east of where the rivers Glåma and Ørsin intersect. In the western section of the range, the volcano that gives the mountains their name, Ysgarm Peak, looms over head.
Features
The mountain range, while much smaller than others in the Reaches, is nonetheless treacherous to attemp to pass through. Sharp peaks, jagged outcroppings, and lava flows make a trek into these mountains a challenge for even the most experienced mountaineers. Caves are found throughout the interior of the range, and are typcially avoided by the more safety minded climbers due to the possibilty of falling into a previously unknown lava chamber. What few native creatures that make their residence in or around these peaks are tough and hardy by nature, able to withstand the heat of the flows within the range. Hunters who specialize in linnorms or dragonkin often scout the peaks for traces of the creatures when determining a new hunting ground. Some mystics may travel to the range to encounter and possibly commune with elemental forces that are prevalent in the area. Reachmen living around the range utilize it for the obsidian found there. In addition to mines found typically in the "safer" eastern portions of the range, operations are often set up to find and process obsidian from the near everflowing lava flows in the region.Trivia
A local Reachman myth claims that an ancient dragon from before time was slain there, and its death throes raised the peaks, and its body and blood became the volcano. Those who believe the myth attribute eruptions of the peak to the spirit of the dragon becoming angry.
Type
Mountain Range
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