Melancholy Mountains

Amongst the many peaks to be found in the range are Earth’s Matterhorn and Everest, Gadalla’s famed Ik Dal Noct and Ik Dal Mol, the twin peaks the elfs call The Fangs, and the holiest of dwarven mountains: Mother’s Rock.

In the southwest, the range rises up from the plains of Nalké until it reaches its highest point (the aforementioned Mother’s Rock) near the middle of its expanse. The range then loses height steadily as it traverses the Desert at the Edge of Existence in a northeasterly direction, until it reaches The River Without End and is lost beneath that body of water’s ferocious rapids.

Though the range is home to many species from across the whole of space and time who have found themselves marooned here by The Calamity, it is perhaps most notable for the ecosystem found in its Vale of Thunder—a wide, deep valley that is home to all of Eden’s extant dinosaur species.

Anti-Reekian groups throughout Eden claim that this valley was artificially deepened and fortified by Reek scientists trying to keep these ancient animals (and the resulting tourism) all to themselves, but representatives of the Republic have made no comment on these claims. They’ll say only that they’re glad these creatures have been kept apart by nature from species they were never meant to mingle with.

While these peaks are well-known for the sadness they evoke from a distance, travelers along the Apocalyptic Trail swear that the mists spilling off Melancholy Mountain streams evoke a powerful sense of euphoria—owing, perhaps, to a high concentration of The Waters of the River Without End.