Sarradonian Mountains (concept)
Biozone: Sarradonian Mountains
In the east, herdsmen greet the sun as it peaks over the low tips of the Amauwf range, and to the west farmers bid it farewell as it departs beneath the jagged speartips of the Tarsanides. The Sarradonian Mountains dominate that continent like no other feature. Three major ranges loom over both beast and man, forming a wall of arid sun-bleached stone. This barricade separates Northern Sarradon, with its rich towns, rivers, warlords, and fat merchants from the interior, sheltering the continent's more refined people from the brutality of the great interior desert. In dividing these two divergent territories, the mountains of Sarradon have taken up some character from each. Here the valleys flourish with greenery, fed by cool, sweet springs and melting snow. But also here are harsh paths scaling rocky cliffsides, and highland plateaus which have never known the touch of rain. Even where the Sarradonian mountains are at their most hospitable, a traveler should beware lurking dangers- lions, manticores, and cave bears are common threats, not to mention the tales told by local tribes of stranger beasts, enigmatic and deadly.
The Sun-baked mountain ranges that line Sarradon's north