Shiverpeak Mountains

The Shiverpeak Mountains, often simply referred to as "the Shiverpeaks," are a massive mountain range running from north to south almost across the whole continent of Tyria. They are home to the Dwarves, the Norn, Centaurs, Tengu, Dredge, and various wildlife, both dangerous and benign.

The Shiverpeak Mountains begin from the northernmost areas of the known world and stretch down all the way to the northwestern border of the Crystal Desert. They form an imposing barrier between the human kingdoms of Ascalon and Kryta to the east and west respectively. The Charr Homelands border the mountain range in the northeastern areas.

Landscape
With soaring peaks reaching high into the sky, the ice of the Shiverpeaks never melts, and it snows year round. Because the majority of the lakes and rivers in and around the mountains are frozen most of the time, conventional ships find it impossible to traverse them, though the Dwarven ice ships can pass over them with ease.

Winding tundra passes, sluggish glaciers, frozen taiga forests, frosted marsh plains, blinding sheer cliffs and snow fallen hills make up the majority of the terrain between the mountain peaks, and life can be encountered anywhere.

The Shiverpeak Mountains are divided into three portions that each has their own inhabitants and dangers

The Northern Shiverpeaks actually form the central section of the mountain range, reaching between Beacon's Perch northward until Boreal Station. They are often used as a pass between Kryta and Ascalon and is the least dangerous of the three.

The Southern Shiverpeaks encompasses the part of the mountain range to the south of Beacon's Perch and houses the capital of Deldrimor and the primary base of the Stone Summit. The northern and southern regions are connected by Lornar's Pass that contains long winding valleys.

The Far Shiverpeaks lie to the far north to the Northern Shiverpeaks and is outside of the Dwarves' rule, instead they are inhabited by Jotun, Norn, and Modniir Centaurs and are littered with ruins of an unknown ancient civilization.