Shiverpeak Mountains
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The Shiverpeak Mountains, also simply called the Shiverpeaks, is a vast mountain range spanning most of Tyria, running north to south and dividing it in two. To the east of the mountains lie charr territories, while to the west lies the human kingdom of Kryta. There is a known bloodstone in a cave in the south-western area of the Shiverpeaks, however that area may now be considered part of the Steamspur Mountains.
The mountains have long been the home of the stout dwarves, who, after the battle with the Great Destroyer, were mostly transformed into living stone, their grand civilization abandoned so that they could battle the destroyers in the Depths. Since then, the dragon of ice and snow, Jormag, awoke from Drakkar Lake and pushed various races from their land, including the norn and the kodan. In the south, the norn now do battle with the dredge, who rose from Sorrow's Furnace after the defeat of their former slave masters and now jealously guard their territories and their freedoms.
[edit] Landscape
With soaring peaks reaching high into the sky, the ice of the Shiverpeaks never melts, and it snows year round. Because the majority of the lakes and rivers in and around the mountains are frozen most of the time, conventional ships find it impossible to traverse them, though the dwarven sled ships and the kodan sanctuaries can pass over them with ease.
Winding passes, sluggish glaciers, frozen forests, frosted plains, and snow fallen hills make up the majority of the terrain between the mountain peaks, and life can be encountered anywhere.
[edit] Sub-regions
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In the past, the Shiverpeaks were conventionally regarded as consisting of three smaller regions:
- Northern Shiverpeaks - former territory of the dwarves, currently occupied by the norn.
- Southern Shiverpeaks - former territory of the dwarves.
- Far Shiverpeaks - former territory of the norn, abandoned after the awakening of Jormag.
| Regions | |
|---|---|
| Tyria | Ascalon • Blazeridge Mountains • Charr Homelands • Crystal Desert • Depths of Tyria • Kryta • Maguuma Jungle • Orr • Ring of Fire Island Chain • Shiverpeak Mountains • Sorrow's Furnace • Tarnished Coast |
| Elsewhere | Cantha • Elona • The Mists |
