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Via’ Asthierr Mountains
Rising from the shores of the Dhunadin Sea and occupying the majority of the Duchy of Harr, the Via’ Ashthierr Mountains run along the western edge of Ta’ Kanasiti separating the Ta’ Jahu realms from Myanothia to the west. The mountains do not exceed a height of 10,500 feet at their highest which occurs in central Ta’ Kanasiti.
The mountains themselves are very sculptured, with sheer granite cliffs created by the receding black glaciers of the Iztalik. The glaciers split the mountains in half and dug out a long, wide valley that is dotted by lakes, forests and pastures of thick grass.
With the arrival of the Ta’ Jahu the region suddenly found itself being sculpted by mortal hands. Forests were sculpted, glens trimmed and lakes seemed to glow with powerful magics.
The Ta’ Jahu have insured that the very flora and fauna of the Silver Star Mountains is diverse. The Silver Star mountains consist primarily of deciduous broad leaf trees and evergreen needle leaf confers, but also contain the evergreen broad-leaf Silver Holly which dominates the higher elevations of the mountains.
The lower elevations of the mountains are covered in a variety of shrubs and herb plants which occupy the coves, stream valleys, and flood plains throughout the southern and central mountains. The southern half of the mountains, that reach to the Dhunadin Sea, tends to consist of Black, Red, and White oaks, along with Ironwood oak.
There is an abundance of wildlife within the mountains everything from cave bears, to red deers and the elusive cu Sith and cuth Argus. But while it is home to a natural abundance of wildlife, it is also home to a number of vile creatures that call the mountains home, including hazor, karnacks, kaznark and the occasional kazinars that come up from the depths of Tav Aeduhn.
