Cobalt Pass

Access to the Feirgotha Plateau from the east was long provided by the Southern Pass, which led over the Stoneheart Escarpment and thence into the mountains to the plateau. When Tsar fell into darkness, leaving the entrance to the Southern Pass in the midst of the Desolation, merchants and traders sought a different route to the plateau, and to the Eamonvale Trade Road beyond to the western eaves of the mountains. Thus the Cobalt Pass was carved through the high peaks. Named for some of the beautiful blue rock formations rising above the route, it is a treacherous road, often very narrow, with challenging switchbacks and substantial elevation changes, often running along precipitous cliffs that drop off into deep voids. Wyverns and other great airborne beasts seeking easy prey are known to hunt along the road. Were it not for the Desolation blocking entrance to the Southern Pass, few of right mind would use the Cobalt Pass.

Type

Mountain Pass