Biome
The Fractured Heights
A dark, hostile mountain range of terraces, sharp ridges and needle peaks under an almost black sky.
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The Fractured Heights are made of duskstone: massive mountains that rise in terraces and end in razor ridges and rock needles. Ravines cut deep into them and caves run right through the massifs. The sky stays almost black, and the only light comes from glowing veins and mineral chambers inside the rock.
Life here is sparse and careful. Cursed Striders and Duskrams graze on the plateaus and only fight back when attacked, never with enough force to throw you off a ledge. Gloomrays glide peacefully between the peaks. The real danger is the Spectator, a floating eye with a narrow gaze; stay out of it. Riftcrawlers climb the cliffs, the False Friend looks just like a Willow Wisp until it turns violet, and the Fractured Mimic lies in ambush.
Atmosphere
- A near-black sky and cold, glowing veins.
Terrain
- Terraces, ridges, rock needles and ravines.
- Mineral chambers and caves through the mountains.
Structures
- Abandoned Mountain Camp, Ravine Remnant, Peak Remnant
Hazards
- Spectators and their coloured rays.
- Riftcrawlers in the dark.
- False Friends.
- Fractured Mimics.
- Unstable Rift Crust.
Related entries
CreatureCursed StriderA black, long-legged camel-like creature with a giraffe's neck and glimmering eyes, crossing the plateaus of the Fractured Heights.
CreatureDuskramA dark mountain ram with glowing horns that grazes on ledges and ridges of the Fractured Heights.
CreatureFalse FriendA floating light that looks exactly like a Willow Wisp, until it is too late.
CreatureGloomrayA small, peaceful ray that glides in wide, calm loops between the mountain peaks.