Difference between revisions of "Mountains of Mōrya"

* The Walled Mountains (Olg. ''Minnacasgíl'') border the Erkenma to the northwest. The northern tip of the Reknayan Wall is contained entirely within this arm, giving it its name; the fortresses of [[Casgan]] and [[Min Nostim]] are likewise located on foothills of this mountain range.

* The Walled Mountains (Olg. ''Minnacasgíl'') border the Erkenma to the northwest. The northern tip of the Reknayan Wall is contained entirely within this arm, giving it its name; the fortresses of [[Casgan]] and [[Min Nostim]] are likewise located on foothills of this mountain range.

* The Dead Mountains (Olg. ''Minneles'', likely a pseudo-calque from WCel. [[''Daerɔk Elɛsį'']] ‘!!??’) extend northward into the [[Míbar-Hûrind]]. Widely considered one of the most unfriendly and least accessible parts of the Reknaya, it was largely passed over by early Geranian settlers and only sparsely populated under the Kattasians, with the outpost of Katna the only permanent settlement surviving into Olgish times. The area gained greater importance with the construction of the [[Lécaronian Imperial Roads#Niom XXII Nostim|Niom XXII Nostim]] in L.R. 432, harnessing the potential of the [[Pass of Katna]] as only major crossing to the eastern side of the mountains, facillitating troop movements into southern Celsond. These developments hardlx extended beyond the course of the road, however, and the Minneles remained known as an untamed territory, ripe with beasts such as [[dragons]] and [[griffins]], and the crossing of Katna as one of the most dangerous along any imperial road.

* The Dead Mountains (Olg. ''Minneles'', likely a pseudo-calque from WCel. [[''Daerɔk Elɛsį'']] ‘!!??’) extend northward into the [[Míbar-Hûrind]]. Widely considered one of the most unfriendly and least accessible parts of the Reknaya, it was largely passed over by early Geranian settlers and only sparsely populated under the Kattasians, with the outpost of Katna the only permanent settlement surviving into Olgish times. The area gained greater importance with the construction of the [[Lécaronian Imperial Roads#Niom XXII Nostim|Niom XXII Nostim]] in L.R. 432, harnessing the potential of the [[Pass of Katna]] as only major crossing to the eastern side of the mountains, facillitating troop movements into southern Celsond. These developments hardlx extended beyond the course of the road, however, and the Minneles remained known as an untamed territory, ripe with beasts such as [[dragons]] and [[griffins]], and the crossing of Katna as one of the most dangerous along any imperial road.

=History=

=History=

The area was long considered

The area was long considered