Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada (Snowy Mountains) are the most extensive of all the mountain ranges in the inhabited parts of Calmarendi and its watershed marks the boundary between the Western Provinces (more specifically Eden and Bohemia) and the nameless, uninhabited lands to the east. Named on account of many of the region’s peaks remaining permanently snow covered, they are also variously known as the Sierra Blanca (White Mountains) and, amongst the Fae, the Mynyddoedd Gwyn.
Symbolically, as well as physically, the Sierra Nevada represents the dividing line (a barrier, if you will) between human civilizaton and the realm of the unicorn beyond. It is from out of the Sierra Nevada that Jennifer arrived in the Western Provinces.
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