Wall of the World (Great Shield)

One of the most imposing geological features in Aiaos, and certainly the most impressive in Yethera, the Great Central Mountain Range is a line of towering peaks and attendant highlands which separate Moraea from the western continent, itself divided into Talahaea in the north and Cathlaea in the south. The range begins in the north, where its peaks merge with the cliffs of the Goblin Bluffs, and runs almost to the southern coast.
The only significant pass through the mountains is the opening known as the Gap of Don. It is named for a near-legendary sorcerer who founded a nation in the west. This name persists after the fall of that nation, Donara, thanks to the persistent loyalty of the yainah packs who still control the pass in the name of Don. These packs have a legend that Don himself opened the Gap in the Wall with his magic, but other accounts show that it vastly predates the Sovereignties.
To the north of the Gap, which lies almost precisely in the centre of the range, the mountains are known as the Wall of the World. While they seem indomitable, the highest peaks of these mountains are the site of the great platform cities of the Featherfolk, known as the High Eeries. Protected by powerful wards of air and magic, the platforms provide safe harbour for sky ships and comfortable homes for people of many lineages.
The mountains south of the Gap are less imposing, but the peaks are colder and less welcoming, and house only one settlement of note, Nighthall. This cave-city was built on the ruins of the Sender of Bats' great shrine and is home to most of the mighty bat-steeds of the Orcish air cavalry.
Even when the peaks themselves are absent, the tone of the mountains is always a division between peoples and cultures. The only continuity of any kind is between the Riverlands and the Backlands, who despise each other almost because of those similarities.

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Mountain Range