Glittergloom mountains

The mountains to the south of the Weald are known by surface-dwellers as the Glittergloom Mountains. A range of mountains that extend from the Rorrick Depths in the west all the way to the Wolfsend Grasslands in the east. Even the range's foothills see a fair amount of snow, and the highest passes are often buried under impassable quantities. The Glittergloom Mountains constantly shift, meaning that communities that were within a day's journey for years could suddenly be a distanced by over a week's travel due to a single land-slide or avalanche, and a single dangerous beast could block off an entire pass. Despite this, the mountains are more varied than outsiders might expect, with beautiful crystal clear lakes filled with fish, verdant pasture valleys grazed by enormous rothe, and deep pine forests home to secretive great elk breaking up the snow-capped peaks.

The History of the Glittergloom Mountains
The deep dwarves of The Argent Hall have resides under the mountains for as long as such things have been recorded, with some Dwarven historians claiming that it was founded by Bronnir Ironhammer himself. Gnomish deep-villages blossomed as the dwarves opened their low-roads through the mountains, emerging to exploit resources that deemed insufficient by Dwarven planners.

On the surface the hobgoblin emperor Khendur the Builder instigated the construction of a line of fortresses along the glittergloom mountain range, and in doing so opened the region up to easier surface travel, as well as keeping the number of monsters in check. After Khendur died and his empire split, each of these forts became the home of a local warlord, waiting for a powerful leader to re-unite the fortresses under a single banner.

Hillhin goat-riders moved into the mountains, following herds of bison and caribou from valley to valley. They have no way of guiding their herds, following them as they move to where there is food available. These Herdkin halflings identify with their animals spiritually, often taking on symbology and attributes that they see in their livestock.

Elves were a relatively late addition to the mountains, though their isolated peaks proved ideal locations for the construction of communes. A number of communes moved below ground to form the secret city of Nocturnus, leaving fairly few Vae'Nolar living on the surface. Those high elves that remain tend to be even more insular than others of their kin, and they are often mistrusted by those that fear the Vae'Nocturnus.

While a number of orcish tribes exist within the Glittergloom mountains they are no-where near as common as the tribes of the weald. The mountain's tribes still return to the weald for orcmoot, and many do not return.