Cloudfire Mountains
The Cloudfire Mountains are what boxes in the Havenspass region to the East. Access from Havenspass is the most common route. The mountains take their name from Cloud Giant and Fire Giant lore.
- There is a significant Mountain Goat population on these mountains.
- 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.