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Ormroth is the name given to the mountains region of Ranil'inas. It is also the name of the Resa Sarhi that calls this area home. Ormak is the Roshya hero that is said to have been born here.

Ormroth exists in a state of perpetual dawn, where the sun’s rays creep on the horizon, but its face never touches the sky. Like Relatir, the light of Ral and Rel provide much of the light that Ormroth receives. The bulk of Ormroth is covered in long chains of mountains that pierce the very sky. Between these mountains are lush valleys of green, filled with long rivers.

Outside of these long chains of mountains, Ormroth adopts the traditional features of foothills, on both borders to Relatir and Rakavasu. Forests, hills, rivers, and valleys. Still, there are some oddities, like any other region of Ranil’inas. Active volcanoes, deep gorges, and lone mountains exist. In fact, Daramai Ormroth is nestled within the ‘Pillar That Holds Up The Sky, the tallest mountain on Ranil’inas, is a lone mountain.

Dominated by mountains, Ormroth is just a sun away from being a fertile paradise. Valleys of dense forests and plains are cradled by mountains, kept safe from outside forces and clans.

The mountains chains of Ormroth makes the region what it is. They act as a cradle for the fertile river valleys contained within, as well as a barrier for those who would seek to invade them. They are valuable resources, home to stone, iron, jewels, and countless other metals. They are home, sites of countless keeps and structures. To Ormroth, the mountains are everything.

Although Ormroth is not home to all the mountains on Ranil’inas, it is home to the vast majority of them. Most peaks reach a height of over 24,000 ft. They are truly tremendous in size, as well as their height.

Most Ormroth clans lay claim to a mountain for themselves, embedding their keeps within the sanctuary offered by stone while conducting much of their business in the valleys at the base of the mountain they claimed. However, the Raiken are not the only species that call these places home. Various Fauna and Flora flourish here.

The river valleys are a fertile paradise that offer prosperity to all that inhabit them. Populated by wide rivers, dense forests, and scattered rolling plains, these valleys are the heart of Ormroth. This is where Ormroth clans draw from the land, where crops are sowed and hunting takes place. Such has been the practice for millennia and even with rapid industrialization and technological advancement, it remains the practice. These river valleys are sacred spaces that have been spared by industrialization, leaving the vast valleys mostly pure.

The mountains of Ormroth are home to many wonders, both natural and constructed, like any other region of Ranil’inas. Legends and tales accompany them, some of them true, all of them believed.

Despite the rough terrain of Ormroth, infrastructure has been built up, at least, as well as the Raiken allow it to be. The most important mountain passes have been secured, highways across the valleys and the mountain chain themselves have been paved, and the Alliance has set up outposts and fortresses within the mountains.

Due to the environmentalist nature of the Raiken, highways are still few in number. They generally lead to either major Raiken keeps or allow transport across the mountains themselves.

Airfields are strategically placed, as the mountains provide a logistical challenge for pilots. Most are attached to mountains or situated on the flattest areas in the valleys.

Mountain roads and passes are extremely common, most made during the ancient periods. The most impressive of these is the mountain bridges. Bridges made of stone that span the gap between mountains, sometimes hundreds of meters above the ground. Many of these still survive and they used to be critical points of transportation, although travel by the traditional paths is usually done for ritual, hunting, or by the most traditional Raiken clans.

Ormroth’s mountains shape the culture of those who live within them, like any other region.

Ormak, the Roshya that embodies strength and to an outsider’s surprise, wisdom, calls Ormroth home. Most inhabitants of Ormroth follow his example by maintaining the idea of might solves problems, but not forgetting that some problems cannot be solved by force of arms. This ideal has been lost by many Raiken, but there are some who devote their lives to the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge.

Ormroth clans are even more competitive than most other Raiken clans. Skirmishes are common, if only for the sport of it. They judge others by their strength and wisdom, Raiken or not.

Ormak is considered to be a great guardian and defender of his people, as well as a renowned sage. While he guards the mountains from invaders from his great gates, Ormak also assists the mountain sages in unlocking the secrets of the world.