12.8.10 Quartz Peak
The translucent cliffs of Quartz Peak rise from the Vashnar mountain range below the Great Southern Road, reachable by a narrow passage into the mountains from that road. Upon the cliffs and within high caves dwell a race of sentient bear-like humanoids called the ursu, at constant and bitter odds with a strange, mutated race of creatures called the taryen that live in caves further below. The origins of their feud are shrouded in mystery.