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   * The [[Cloud Giant Shrine]] & [[Fire Giant Shrine]] are somewhere in these mountains for pilgrimage purposes.
   * A right of passage for young Goliath involves trekking a mountain path to a shrine based on their giant kin lineage dedicated to their ancestors, which is usually a fairly grueling task and subject to monsters and other issues.
+    * It may seem cruel, but the [[Goliath]] community in Havenspass doesn't discuss their pilgrimages with the younger generation, intentionally leaving the mountains as a mystery. This is because the entire point of the rite of passage, a very literally phrase in this case, is to give the younger generation a proving ground for making proper choices.
+    * These choices can come at great peril. Goliath families do not coddle their young much though, so this is normal and expected.
+====Path Of The Shrines====
+It is said that the Goliath tribes were first brought to the Havenspass area at the will of the Giants. The giants lived in the mountains, in huge fortresses, built for their size, instead of the size of mere mortals. There's a lot of mystery surrounded the Why, the When exactly, the How, and the Current Status related to this. The **Cloudfire Mountains** are supposedly where Cloud Giants & Fire Giants primarily existed, and as a result is where the supposed shrines to both kinds of giants are in the present.
+The **Path Of The Shrines** begins at the far eastern edge of the giant gorge that is the Havenspass region, in [[The Mistwood]], perfectly aligned on a horizontal plane with the city of [[Havenspass]] itself. From there is begins an up mountain hike, starting with switchbacks. This is as much as young Goliath know, and are told to head up and seek out the related shrine using their own judgement. The expectation is that it will take an exhausting full day just to get up the switchbacks and end with camping at top before moving on to the next challenge.
+====3 CHOICES===
+After a young Goliath arrives on top of the mountains they find well marked signs indicating that there are 3 choices for how to continue their journey to a place called **Graveyard Camp**. They must chose wisely.
+  - **"Here There Be Goblins And Goats" Tunnel** - Taking this route leads to a tunnel system controlled by goblins who also raise mountain goats. The goblins are dangerous, have many traps, and are well aware that young Goliaths will try to come through their tunnel from time to time.
+  - **Wyvern Ridge** - Taking this path is the shortest route to get through the immediate area but involves dealing with Wyverns on a ridge without any cover to hide under.
+    - When the group of Jules, Eyrun, Urist, & [[Preston]] decided to escape the mountains using the ridge, they ultimately had to jump into a 50 foot deep hole along the ridge line to escape Wyverns. This hole positioned them at its base to look out over the mountains on the [[Havenspass]] side into the great region below. It was from here that they all took measures to either reach the switchbacks or escape the mountain in their own special ways, never completing the ridge.
+  - **"MAGNETO" Elemental Tunnel** - A tunnel passage with elemental monsters to contend with. The name alone should be a hint as to how it would go for any players reading this.
+====Graveyard Camp====
+**Graveyard Camp** is a very literal name for a commonly used resting point, which is also a graveyard. The graveyard itself is full of undisturbed final resting places of giants of old, and very likely a lot of [[Goliath]] that trace back in the history of [[Havenspass]]. There are headstones that are hard or impossible to read, a few trees in this area to provide shade, and lots of evidence that camping happens here. It should be noted that the word "graveyard" implies affiliation with a church or place of worship. This spot may have that status due to the [[Cloud Giant Shrine]] & [[Fire Giant Shrine]] located in these same mountains.
+  * While camping here [[Player Characters|The Party]] met an undead bard named [[Preston]], a seemingly friendly entity, that has been stuck up in the mountains for a long time, looking for an escort down into the region below.
+    * Upon passing back through Graveyard Camp, Preston officially joined up with Urist, Eyrun & Jules with intentions of getting out of the mountains.
+====Blue Dragon's Lair====
+Sneaking through the lair of a Blue Dragon is the only way to proceed in the Cloudfire Mountains between **Graveyard Camp** & the next valid location known as the **High Peak Of Views**. This particular Blue Dragon lair was originally a fortress belonging to long deceased giants, which makes it a great fit. It is full of vast amounts of treasures, oversized doors, and the resident dragon is very aware of and amused by constant attempts to slip by it unnoticed. It usually notices and takes actions to size up visitors before taking any actual actions. The wise visitor will not steal anything.
+  * While [[Player Characters|The Party]] snuck through the lair, they noticed what looked like, against all odds and probability, the [[Shovel Of Alden]] sitting in a giant pile of gold. They did not try to take it.
+====High Peak Of Views====
+The **High Peak Of Views** is literally the highest peak in the entire Cloudfire Mountain range. When someone reaches it they gain new perspective on where they are and what else is around them. Already knowing the section of mountain they came from, this is where it is revealed that ahead there are two paths. At he peak there are marker posts naming these spots. The two paths lead toward the two shrines. One toward the [[Fire Giant Shrine]] and the other toward [[Cloud Giant Shrine]]. A unique and noteworthy observation from this peak is that to the east a desert region is visible, in contrast to the cloud covered Havenspass region to the west.
+  * **Toward Fire Giant Shrine / Southwest**
+    * "Spring Of Purity"
+    * "Korst's Hole" - Some sort of hole that may lead back down to the Havenspass area.
+    * [[Fire Giant Shrine]]
+  * **Toward Cloud Giant Shrine / Southeast**
+    * //Landslide area.//((Observed by The Party, no signs.))
+      * "Sarcophagus Tunnel"
+    * Abominal Yeti Cave
+    * [[Cloud Giant Shrine]]
+====Landslide====
+The observed landslide on the eastern side of the Cloudfire Mountains is fairly recent. Suspiciously close to when [[Phoebe]] passed through, and not long after was followed by The Party looking for her. This landslide exposed a previously unconnected tunnel which may, or may not have been where Phoebe's time traveling with the [[AAP|Alternate Animal Party]] parted ways.
+  * The Party entered this tunnel just long enough to learn a few things.
+    * It was likely a very secluded end of a cave before the landslide exposed the end of it and reclassified it as a tunnel.
+    * That cave at the end was hiding a [[Mons-ophagus]].
+    * The rest remains a mystery as The Party continued on their quest to the Cloud Giant Shrine.
+====Abominable Yeti Cave====
+An Abominable Yeti lived here. On their way off of the mountains, [[Urist]] led [[Jules]] & [[Eyrun]] into combat against the yeti. They almost all died after taking a significant beat down. Ultimately the yeti was slain and Urist got its pelt.
+====Cloud Giant Shrine====
+See: [[Cloud Giant Shrine]]
+This is the end of the path for those on a rite of passage from [[Havenspass]]. To get back off the mountains one must turn around. It is confirmed in campaign lore that the half sisters [[Eyrun]] & [[Phoebe]] Nephele both have made this trek successfully.
+====Fire Giant Shrine====
+This Shrine is made of obsidian and surrounded by slow moving lava flows. It is to fire giant kin as the Cloud Giant Shrine is to cloud giant kin. Very important to note this is not affiliated in any way with the deity Torralta.
+====Spring Of Purity====
+A natural spring with magical curing and healing properties. Once upon a time [[Urist]] was cured of [[World Building|Trolloplasmosis]] by swimming around there.
+====Korst's Hole====
+Korst was a [[Goliath]] who turned into a passive zombie and watches over the entrance to this undead and troll infested hole that leads to some tunnels that go perhaps all the way down into the Havenspass itself, but no one really knows since there are undead, particularly vampires and the like infesting the place. Korst's Hole is often mistaken as an easy alternative to reach Havenspass from the top of the Cloudfire Mountains.
+====Map====
+{{:0:cloudfire-mountains.png?200|}}