The mountain ranges are composed of, at the very edges, foothills, rolling and green with grass. Moving on, you will come to heavily forested hardwood groves covering half the mountains. Animals roam here. There are mountain streams nd the very. very. RARE. cabin.
Which is almost always empty with only a blanket inside and various supplies for healing. -.-;;
Move on higher still and you will enter a world that is composed of grey stone and white snow.
Hail is a danger. So are snowstorms and blizzards and icy cold winds that tear people to shreds or leave them suffering in frostbite.
Within these mountains are caves. In some of these caves are ancient scrolls and vastly powerful magical artifacts.
Only Heimdall knows where they are. This is his turf. He lives in the largest cave, almost a labyrinthine library, and he can be prevailed upon ot either heal you or teach you...
BUT he will only teach you IF you get there. And IF you take the quest he offers you.
In some of these other caves are monsters. Large, furry ones. WITH HORNS. AND CLAWS. AND FANGS.
Also ice dragons. -.-;; AND large predatory white birds.
Also, there is a community of ice giants/ice elementals here as well. And they do NOT LIKE OUTSIDERS. NO ONE OFTHEIR KIND HAS EVER LEFT THE PEAKS.
On the HIGHEST peak, where Heimdall lives, is a great white Tree.
No one knows why it's there. Or what it's there FOR.
