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, and just 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, though that area may now be considered part of the Steamspur Mountains. The norn city Hoelbrak is located at the center of the Shiverpeaks.
The mountains had long been the home of the stout dwarves, who, in preparation for battle with the Great Destroyer in 1078 AE, were mostly transformed into living stone, their grand civilization abandoned in pursuit of victory. Since then, the dragon of ice and snow, Jormag, has awoken in the northern Shiverpeaks and caused earthquakes to shatter the mountains. The ravines filled with water from the northern water and created inland seas such as Frostgorge Sound within the Shiverpeaks. Jormag also forced various races from their homelands, 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.
In the past, the Shiverpeak Mountains were divided into Northern and Southern, however over the past 250 years the Southern Shiverpeaks were split and renamed into the Steamspur Mountains and Ancient Dwarflands.
[edit] Far Shiverpeaks
The Far Shiverpeaks is the northernmost portion of the Shiverpeak mountain range. The Far Shiverpeaks once housed the norn and the Ebon Vanguard, before the Ebon Vanguard's recall and the awakening of Jormag pushed the norn south. All settlements in the region now lie abandoned or occupied by icebrood. The Far Shiverpeaks is also the location of the Eye of the North, a mysterious monument of unknown origin.
It is currently unknown whether the Far Shiverpeaks are still considered a separate sub-region of the Shiverpeaks, or if, like the former Northern and Southern, they are no longer such.
[edit] Explorable zones
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| Regions | |
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| Tyria | Ascalon • Blazeridge Mountains • Blood Legion Homelands • Crystal Desert • Depths of Tyria • Isles of Janthir Kryta • Maguuma Jungle (Magus Falls • Maguuma Wastes • Tarnished Coast) • Ring of Fire • Ruins of Orr Shiverpeak Mountains (Deldrimor Front • Far Shiverpeaks • Steamspur Mountains) • Woodland Cascades |
| Elsewhere | Cantha • Elona • The Mists |
