The Smouldercrown Mountains are a distinctive formation, only a few miles across but very tall, approximately 290 miles southeast of Ank'Harel[1] on the continent of Marquet.
Description[]
The Smouldercrown Mountains are so named because their striking, jagged spire peaks form a round shape resembling a crown, only three or four miles across, between which is a small valley protected against the sandstorms of the desert. The soil in the valley is dried, cracked, and red.[2] The formation appears to be natural and seismically formed, but not from tectonic plates meeting.[3]
Wildlife[]
Within the valley is some sparse scrub brush and sporadic trees[4] that are adapted to survive extreme droughts. The trees are dry, with brown, withered leaves, yet they are fruit-bearing.[5]
Some sort of "desert duck" was summoned by Lionel at one point to help them answer some of their questions, though it was uncertain whether such a species is normally prevalent in the Rumedam Desert.[6]
History[]
The Legend of Vox Machina, Season Two[]
Legend has it that, long before 810 PD, an adventuring party slew an ancient dragon named Shonmuren who roamed the Smouldercrown Mountains, and their deed was popularized through song.[7]
Campaign One: Vox Machina[]
Scanlan Shorthalt and Lionel Gayheart discovered a ziggurat within the Smouldercrown Mountains.[8] Here Delilah Briarwood conducted a second, or possibly third, ritual to create a ziggurat sphere for Vecna before Vox Machina could interfere, and the Remnants used the sphere to move artifacts to the Shadowfell.[9]
References[]
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 53:44.
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 1:03:10.
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 1:05:56.
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 1:08:23.
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 1:04:52.
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 1:13:07.
- ↑ See "The Terror of Tal'Dorei - Part 2" (LVM1x02) at 8:51. The runes in the book Gilmore reads tell a fragment of Shonmuren's history. See this Reddit post for more information.
- ↑ See "Masquerade" (1x99) at 1:43:17.
- ↑ See "Unfinished Business" (1x100) at 5:37:35.
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