West Crag Mountains

The longest, largest and most treacherous mountains in all of Fynn, the West Crag Mountains are home to the ogres and minotaurs in the lower peaks and various species of giants higher up the mountains. These sharp, cliff filled peaks separate the Lunar Reaches and Tanglevine from the Isnali Dunes and The Wasteland.

History
No written history of a stable town or empire has ever made its way out of the mountains. We do know that at some point, a tribe of ogres left the mountains to make for the Icecrown Mountains where they would make war with the local orc tribes in and around the mountains. This ultimately caused the orcs to migrate away from the Icecrown area and begin to expand across all the Lunar Reaches, mingling and warring with the local human tribes. That ogre tribe still exists in the Icecrown Mountains and are still at odds with the more stubborn local orc tribes even centuries after their initial migration.

The halfling city of Brakeston has been subject to several ogre attacks throughout history. Once in a while, a particularly large, vicious or well-led ogre tribe would make an attempt to sack the city and surrounding fertile lands, but the halfling creativity and human/orc intervention has, thus far, always won the day.

Due to the hostility of the thick mountain range, no known cultural blending or migration has occured between the desert cultures of the Isnali Dunes and the clans of the Lunar Reaches. In fact, the two cultures did not even know the existence of the other until the first caravans made their way to Edgeboro from Koban.

Geography and Envirnment
The West Crag Mountains did not earn its reputation as dangerous simply based on its hostile fauna. The mountains are covered in hidden cliffs and steep peaks that make traversing the mountain even more deadly. Minotaurs often use these features to trick any travelers foolish enough to attempt to traverse the mountain range to their death, usually at the bottom of a cliff.

The mountains are also known to get very cold in the late fall, winter and early spring. Most winter storms in the Lunar Reaches crash against the mountains at some point, causing periods of high winds and sub-zero temperature. The snow, ice and wind adding yet another obstacle to be overcome while avoiding the various cliffs and dangerous clans that make the mountains so famously hazardous.

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