The Worlds Edge Mountains are the greatest
range of mountains in the world, stretching out from the Chaos Wastes and
extending into the Southlands. Thus, they form a natural barrier between the
Old World and the Dark Lands. In the distant past, the Worlds Edge Mountains
were at the heart of the great Dwarf Empire of ancient days, and even now, many
great Dwarf holds and fortresses may be found amidst this towering range of
peaks.
Geography
The Worlds Edge Mountains are considered
the largest mountain range in the whole world. The mountains reach from the
most northern parts of the Empire and Kislev, to as far south as the jungles of
the Southlands. The whole mountain range is said to be the main barrier for any
race to cross if they are to invade the lands of the west, such as the Old
World and Araby. It is also the strongest barrier for the Greenskin race of the
Dark Lands and beyond from invading the lands of the Empire, but much of it is
due to the stout and valiant defence of the Dwarfs of the Karaz Ankor. It is
said that the Dwarf empire reached the entirety of the whole mountain range,
from the most southern hold of Karak Zorn, to the lost northern hold of Karak
Dum. The first Dwarfen settlement started in the south, then they followed the
veins of minerals all the way to the mountains bordering the current Empire.
The mountains are also said to split into
several smaller ranges that branch out of the mountain range, to that of the
Black Mountains that act as the Empire’s southern borders to the Border Princes
and the Grey Mountains that act as the western border that separates the lands
of Bretonnia and the Empire. The range continues on more north until it splits
in the lands of Norsca, and the other connecting to the Mountains of Mourn.
The Dwarfen stronghold of Zhufbar is home
to a nest of Fire Dragons sealed into an abandoned hall named to The Dragon's
Hall, or Khaz Drakk in Dwarfen, which leads to the River Aver.
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