A Geography Of Haarth: Western Mountains
The A Geography of Haarth post series is exploring the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Each entry is accompanied by a quote from the books in which the place appears, currently either The Heir Of Night or The Gathering Of The Lost, or both.
The series is currently traversing “W”—which will be its final instalment.
—
Western Mountains: the range that forms the western border of Emer
.
“The company halted just inside the treeline, studying the open land. Banks of mist rolled out from either side of the Rindle, which had dwindled to a small stream here as it purled from wooded hills. More ranges rose behind them, blue and wild, until they reached the jagged heights of the Western Mountains. The peaks were tipped with dawn as Carick turned to look back the way they had come. The ridge they had crossed swept up and away, still drowned in shadow that was broken only by jagged outcrops and sheer cliffs of pale stone. He found it hard to believe that they had made their way down in darkness and remained unscathed.”
.
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 20 — The Leas
.
Some of my favorite geography in the book!
Well, I like it too, but “y’know”, biased! 😉