the costmirian mountains.
the mountains that border the eastern side of the sand sea and reaches all the way down to cape of death. its a rather dry and overall difficult to live in.
there are on the other hand a great number of fertile river vallies or of flourishing gorges.
these mountains is considered to be difficult to pass, in part due to quickly changing weather, temperature extremes between the night time and daytime, the sometimes steep cliffs and passes. the other major reason is the locals. there is a rainy season that occurs every three to four years, and results in an abondance of life.
because of how steep some of the cliffs are a lot of towns are built into the the cliffs, though it might be easier to build on top of some of the platues but the winds and heat often make quick work of any taller buildings.
now as mentioned before, locals are one of the reasons the areia is not recommended traveling through. the Arachne and the Gorgans also- called serphentines- are at near constant war with each other. arechne tend to make their homes in gorges and in underground caverns, gorgans try to take less steep regions but often build massive decretive and defensive hive cities. why they are fighting depends on time, tribe, and terretory.
demilions carve thier homes on the sheer drops of cliffs.
eventually railroads where laid to make travel in this region easier.
this region also plays host to the Valley of Time in the northern most area of the terretory. which is a strange place full of magic. its not as much of a valley as it is a sinkhole.
common species of the region
-gorgans, as mentioned above the gorgans live in the region
-arechne, they too live in the region. they range from a few feet in hight up to being larger than a horse.
-demilions. the demilions of the region are known to be rather human like.
-star beasts. because of the valley of time there are a lot of star beasts.
-liama, the lion-bodied centaures. they are more consentrated to the northern mountains
-mountain goats, so many mountain goats, one of the major large prey animals in the region.
-elven, humanoids with pointy ears. thier population actully have a higher population of men over women.
- reapers, and reaper animals. a kind of demon kin who can make their bodies into living bony weapons. they populate the south more
-cactus cats, they are bobcat sized with spiny quills like a porcupine, durring the rainy season their fur gains a greenish tint.
-colorful butterfly birds, they often migrate up from the bobda forest on the cape of death to feest off of insects and flowers that flurish after the rainy season.
(all photos are stock photos and are used only to help in visualization, if a photo is not a stock photo it was not known to me)
