The Bluespine Peaks

The Bluespine Peaks, named for their sapphire glaciers, run from the Valley of Shadows to the Everice on Xen’drik’s eastern side. The mountain range serves as a natural barrier against the storms sweeping off the Dark Sea, earning the southern peaks their name as the Thunderwall. Those storms lash the mountains, turning the lands to the southeast of the range into a harsh and foreboding tundra divided by glacial rivers. They also provide cover for the dragon-hunting Banor’drakai, who have built their main stronghold here. To the west of the Peaks, the calm beauty of the Iceflow Sea is maintained by the polar spirit Raiarin. The land spirit, revered by the Rimewalker druids, contributes to the immense size of the beasts in the region.

To the north, the tundra merges into boreal pine, and then the oak forests of Dread Lake. The Lamannian city of Eshtarnak guards the boundary between oak and pine - a primal ruin haunted by magebred creatures of bestial fury. The city is the domain of the gold dragon Bane-Reth, whose hunger for power has led him to clash with one of Xen’drik’s worst villains - the silver dragon Ketheptis the One-Eyed Crone, who rules a frozen castle high in the Bluespines themselves. Here, she plots to destroy all of Xen’drik once more, in vengeance for the pain carved deep into her twisted soul. Beneath her talons lie giant secrets from the lost nation of Grand Ju’qata. The forge-city of Daomon was once carved from the heart of a mountain, and contains ancient weaponry smithed in the name of the god Omnat’ara.