The Impossible Peaks

Tall, cold, and forbidding, these mountains are well-named. Along with the Green Warders of the Akadonian Forest, the Impossibles form the eastern frontier of the Xha’en region, separating it from its nearest neighbor, the Grand Duchy of Reme. While some stories circulate about secret passes and a handful of explorers claim to have crossed them, there are no confirmed tales of the Impossibles ever being traversed. While they are neither as extensive as the Stonehearts nor as tall as the Deepfells, the Impossible Peaks may be the most rugged mountain range in Akados, full of sheer rock faces, deep rifts and ravines, treacherous icefalls and snow deep enough to bury a city. Constantly wreathed in clouds and storms, very little is known of the mountains’ true geography or whether their highest peaks harbor anything besides quick death for travelers.
As with the Tsendarkar Mountains, however, there are clearly subterranean passages beneath the Impossibles, for reports of marauding ratfolk, goblins, and worse circulate through the foothills to the east and west. The Senge tribes of the Sengejia Hills speak of mysterious raiders who descend from the mountains under the cover of night to steal crops, cattle, and even children, while stories of goblin attack have come from as far away as Harrowfar and Tanner’s Green. While some of these raiders may be hill-dwellers, there is little evidence to support this, suggesting that the mysterious attackers come from the Impossible Peaks, where it is theorized that they dwell in underground cavern complexes.
The lower slopes of the Impossible Peaks, where the craggy mountains fade into rugged hills, are also inhabited by various hardy wildlife species such as mountain goats, sheep, and snow leopards. In the past, tribes of hill and frost giants have made their homes there as well, but there have been no reliable sightings of giants in generations, leading many to suggest that they are extinct in the region.

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Mountain Range