Mervarnen Mountains

The Mervarnen Mountains or Mervarnens are north of Amalo.

Appears in
The Witness for the Dead

The Grief of Stones

Details
The Mervarnens are home to an ethnic mix of native elves and the descendants of goblin prospectors, many of whom emigrate into Amalo for work. Numerous religious sects and kindreds spring up here, including those who disdain traditional funerary practices, leaving the region prone to ghouls.

In Amaleise folk tales, dragons are supposed to have lived among the high peaks of the Mervarnens until they were killed for the veins of gold and silver that they guarded. The Mervaneise mining companies flatter themselves by comparing themselves to the dragon-slaying heroes.

There are many trappers in the Mervarnens, many of goblin heritage. Of those, many are Vikhelneisei and do not believe in ghouls.

Places in the Mervarnen Mountains

 * The Chapel of Floods is shrine or sanctuary somewhere in the Mervarnens.
 * Tanvero is a mining town high in the Mervarnens, at least two days of rough riding from Amalo.
 * The Cleverada Mining Company Cemetery is one of the many cemeteries in Tanvero.
 * Irmezharharee was a cemetery originally made for plague victims.
 * The Old Town Cemetery was made before Tanvero grew.
 * The New Cemetery in Tanvero.
 * Clestenada cemetery in Tanvero.

Residents

 * Azhanharad (has a strong Mervarnen accent)

Tanvero

 * Athru
 * Othala Coralezh
 * Othala Dathenchar
 * Othas’ala Deprena
 * Mer Halvernarad
 * Hiriän Balamaran (former) (deceased)
 * Keveris
 * Mer Malhanar
 * Othala Monmara
 * Merrem Olharad
 * Othala Perchenzar (former) (deceased)
 * Sanaro
 * Mer Sherzar (former) (deceased)
 * Tana
 * Osmer Thilmerezh, elderly elven man exiled by Varenechibel IV; historian; biological maternal grandfather of Amiru Chodharin.
 * Valta, “massive” twin goblin gravediggers.
 * Vera
 * unnamed mayor of Tanvero, “tall and stout, ash-gray with muddy brownish-red eyes.”