Razor Peaks

Razor Peaks
The most striking feature in Sivia by far is the Razor Peaks mountain range. This range is most unusual in that it practically forms a wall along the eastern side of the Sivian Plains. The mountains are impossibly steep, with sheer drops of several hundred feet. The peaks are twice as tall as any other mountain in Sivia, and they are practically barren of all flora. Legends say that the peaks just errupted out of the ground one day, some say that it is some fragment of the gods that fell to the ground below. The mountain range stretches from beyond the northern coast down past the southern coast, completely blocking off access to the eastern side of the Sivian land mass. Because no flora grows on the mountains, and because they are so sheer and impossible to climb, the main resource the mountains are used for is mined stone, some ores, and the collection of mana crystals, which grow in some veins above and below the surface of the peaks.

In some places against the wall that is the Razor Peaks, the land raises up to meet the mountain, but in other places there is almost a 90º angle formed between the land and the stone. Narrow waterfalls are commonly found, and thus small lakes dot the base of the mountain from coast to coast.

Traditionally the Awnie Watchers had guarded the land at the base of the mountains, but following the Reclamation War during Elven Occupation, the Awnie people became hated by the rest of the native population, combined with Ysilian settlers, the Awnie population has decreased greatly over the last century. In current times, one is as likely to find a faulian town as they are to find a tribal home along the base of the peaks.