Tobkhat Mountains

The Tobkhat Mountains are the northeastern border of the Hadašhim Subcontinent. Created in the same orogeny as the Zabiraths, they are somewhat lower around three thousand yards high at average. The Tobkhats run for hundred and thirty miles in a general direction of southeast-northwest. Roughly the northern quarter of the chain is low enough to be ice-free year-round although heavy frosts do occur there.

As the ridges are high enough they serve as a barrier during the spring and autumn blocking the rain-rich western winds from reaching the lands beyond. This creates an unbalanced climate with fairly warm, rainy summers and cold, snowy winters contrary to the western regions where both temperatures and precipation are more evenly distributed.

Hadašhim forces conquered the western reaches around the year 100 with major fighting before, some minor clashes afterwards. Ever since the water divide of the Tobkhats served as the border with the Kingdom of Širaban laying eastwards from the ridges. Because of the much easier communications between the two sides of the hills, this was the only region of the empire were significant cross-border cultural exchange happened. Some mid-ridge valley areas even gave rise to mixed populations.

Due to the relative harsh climate on the upper reaches, the Tobkhats are covered in dense forests, full of wild game. This makes it a beloved hunting ground for the elites of both countries, who keep wineyards in the northern valleys and occasionally wander upwards to catch some prey. Deer, roedeer, wild hog, wisents and various types of fowls are common, just as bears, leopards, tigers and wolves.