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| Wenin |
Posted - 04 Feb 2017 : 02:00:48
In Dwarves Deep, there is the following excerpt
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...Ironstar Mountain and its sister peaks of Northlook and Wyrmtongue. Together these are the three most southerly peaks of the range of mountains north of the River Surbrin, just above its confluence with the Rauvin.
It comes short of naming the mountain range. Was this range of mountains ever given a name? I can't find it. |
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| Arivia |
Posted - 04 Feb 2017 : 16:19:36
The Frost Hills are "hills" in the sense that they're lower than many peaks in the North; they're still full-fledged mountains in their own right.
The best descriptions of the Fell Pass are in the Thousand Orcs and the Orc King, when it's traveled by the Companions of the Hall. In both cases it's clear that it's a mountain pass like many others in the North. Those sources name two mountains along the Fell Pass, too: Dreadmont and Skyfire.
Note that if you're playing in this area, Rivermoot is pretty important to the full picture of the Ironstars. Dwarves Deep says that the Ironstars and Ironshields traded with gnomes and halflings where the Rauvin and Surbrin meet, which is Rivermoot. Between that and the Ironshields building up the area to promote trade and stop invasions, Rivermoot as I see it has hundreds of years of development as a trading village for the small folk of all kinds, even BEFORE it was turned into a protectorate of Silverymoon.
edit: Either Eric or George and I can't remember which has a post in their threads discussing the Ironshields. Eric also wrote up a feat back when for representing the Ironstars with variant racial traits in 3e. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 04 Feb 2017 : 03:06:35
Various maps have shown it differently, but its definitely part of the same range as the Spine of the World.
'Fell Pass' is just that - a pass through those mountains; there is no 'space'. |
| Wenin |
Posted - 04 Feb 2017 : 02:23:40
I have the Atlas as well (awesome application!) and yeah things do tend to bounce about. I was wondering if that range could be considered part of the Spine of the World, but the division between The Spine and the southern range is pretty big, I couldn't really consider them to be of the same range. |
| KanzenAU |
Posted - 04 Feb 2017 : 02:15:04
I'm pretty sure that range of mountains is the same bit of the Spine of the World that Fourthpeak and Mithral Hall is in. The area is known as the Frost Hills, but I think the mountains are just considered more of the Spine of the World.
I say "pretty sure", because if I recall there's a little contradicting info on this, in part springing up out of contradicting maps. The Interactive Atlas has Ironstar Mountain as the most southwestern mountain in the range including Mithral Hall. I think this is the only official map it appears on. However, Ironstar Mountain is described as being north northwest of Settlestone in Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark, but Settlestone's location seems to have changed over different maps, leading to some confusion here.
Others may be able to help more, but in my own mapping I stuck to the Interactive Atlas position (though, as in DDGttU, it's known as Firstpeak now). |
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