Zhongyang Alps

It is little wonder why Nagatazuan and the Human Empire have not yet clashed, for the great Zhongyang Alps stand in their way. Cruel snow-capped peaks stretching skywards, starkly contrasting to the rolling green hills and lush vegetation that only seems even more vibrant and inviting when compared to the cold walls of stone that tower above them. The alps themselves are shrouded in mystery, tales tell of explorers heeding the call to adventure, only to lose their footing and plunge down to their deaths in the terrible abyss, known to the locals as ‘The shadow of the Mountain’.

The way through the alps is a treacherous one; the explorer must make the climb, assisted only by a decrepit mountain path that spans over dizzying drops and yawning chasms. It is said the mountains were formed from the footprints of a sorcerer that became so powerful that the very gods themselves saw him as a threat and sought to destroy him. The name and exact whereabouts of the sorcerer is lost to legend, some say he left a secret path to his sanctum… Hidden within the Shadow of the Mountain’s inky blackness that swallows up even the brightest of lights, suppose the tale were true: only a villain or a fool would seek to awaken such a calamity.