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Fort Pikveil, Sun Crest

The Great Sheldic Divide: Located to the east of the Sun Crest and acting as the border between Myn and the continent of Transaltia, those who dare explore the rift would be wise to bring someone that can fly. You will often find fortune hunters trying to poke around down there as the sundered earth has a tendency to expose precious metals and gems.

Lore dump: The Great Sheldic Divide

Forming a gargantuan natural boundary along the eastern frontier of Myn, the Great Sheldic Divide is a vast, seemingly impassable expanse defined by a continuous chain of super canyons stretching from the far north to the south. Traveling eastward across the desert of the Sun Crest, the terrain gradually climbs in elevation, ascending to towering heights before dropping off abruptly into the depths of the divide. Within this lofty, arid environment, the sweltering heat of the open desert segues into a steadier, dry warmth framed by the sheer drop-offs of the canyon rim. Beyond this colossal rift lies Transaltia, the adjacent continent to the east.

The Divide owes its brutal, fractured geography to the catastrophic tectonic forces of Transaltia itself - a transient landmass that undergoes an extraordinary cycle, rising from and submerging back into the ocean on its tricentennial cycle. The relentless friction and seismic turbulence radiating from this shifting continent continuously sunder the earth of the Divide, carving deep ravines and stoking rampant volcanic activity that feeds permanent rivers of molten rock. Bereft of any central civilization to tame or stabilize the region, calamite threats multiply unchecked throughout the violently scarred abysses. Between the active magma, crumbling precipices, and aggressive monstrosities, traversing the rift on foot is considered borderline impossible, leaving air travel as the only viable method of crossing.

Despite the immense hazard, a thin line of small settlements dots the border between the Sun Crest and the Divide. These frontier villages serve as fortified military outposts, maintaining a constant vigil against roaming calamite threats before they can spill into the desert lands. Functioning as the region's only foothold of order, they also operate specialized mining installations that profit from the rare mineral deposits exposed deep within the fractured earth.

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