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Realms of Despair

The Southern Mountain Trade Route

Author

Eisengrim

Level Range

2 – 50

Area Description

The Southern Mountain Range has long been an important avenue for explorers and adventurers of the realms, connecting the City of Darkhaven to the lands of the far south. After the Cataclysm, explorers discovered two routes through the mountains, the High Road, and the Low Road. However, there remained another route – one which was used as an integral source of trade in the early days, before the great uplifting. This trade route was known to intrepid explorers and merchants alike, and was once bustling with activity, bringing great wealth from the mountain King to Darkhaven. Those days have long since passed, and the trail became overgrown and was left from adventurer’s maps, becoming a thing of myth and legend. That is, until recently, when the initial trade route was re-discovered by a band of merchants searching for safe, new ways to connect the cities of the north to the riches of the south. The trade route is much quieter these days, but can still provide willing adventurers with a path through the great mountains of the south.

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