Mountains of Mōrya

The Mountains of Mōrya are the northwesternmost mountain range of the Reknaya, separating the deserts of Wat and Erkenma from the Geranian Heath and the Dārǫ Mōrya in the Celdic Steppe.

Etymology

The mountains take their name from the basin to their immediate north, in the Western Celdic language called the Dārǫ Mōrya ‘gifted land’, for the crucial role it played in early Olgish—Celdic relations.

The first Olgish settlers called the area Lamparkaminna ‘mountains (away) from Parka’, possibly a calque of the (lost) Andarian name.

Geography

The Mountains of Mōrya compose the northwestern corner of the Reknaya, extending from Parka in the southwest to the Casgan in the northeast. Located at the break of the Celdic Bow, they contain some of the highest and broadest peaks in the Reknaya and are considered its hardest region to navigate, with the Pass of Katna the only major crossing from their western to their isolated eastern side.

The mountain range itself is composed of five shorter arms, arranged in a shape resembling a five-pointed star:

• The Trans-Parkan Mountains (Olg. Lamparkam Binna) form a sickle