Steamfront Mountains

The Steamfront Mountains are a volcanic cordillera in Faydwer. Together with the Dragonscale Mountains they bisect central and eastern Faydwer. The Steamfront Mountains are volcanic, and geysers and geothermal fissures are common throughout the region. Due to their altitude, they are snow-capped year round, and often shrouded in mist from snow melted by the geothermal activity. During the Lost Age, the Ak gnomes moved there and established the subterranean city of Ak'anon. The zone is only accessible by a pass in its eastern edge that follows the Steamfront River down to the Faydark Forest or by Evoker teleportation to the gnomish technotransportatron--a large machine of slowly whirling wheels and beams that serves as a focus for evoker teleportation.  

POIs

  Ak'anon Foreign Quarter: a collection of icicle encrusted shops and inns around the lift to Ak'anon proper. The technotransportatron is located here. This is the point from which most foreigners interact with the city as few outsiders are allowed to enter Ak'anon itself. The foreign quarter is located in the south western corner of the mountains.   Cairnlands: A region in the central mountains where the yeti tribes leave their dead, which they cover with rocks since the frozen ground it too hard for them to bury the dead. At the center is a great cairn erected long ago for a legendary chieftain. This cairn can be used by Shamans to open a moon road. Recently the epidemic of walking dead has afflicted the Cairnlands, and yeti mummies have clawed their way forth from their cairns to threaten any living thing that enters the Cairnlands.   Elven Ruins: An ancient ruined elven estate left over from the time before the elves left Faydwer. It is mostly buried under the ice, but the highest spires are still visible. The ruins are haunted by elven ice revenants.   Fortress Mechanotus: A floating metal castle wreathed in a steam pipes and clockwork gears. This fortress is home to Meldrath the Malignant and floats ominously above the northern valley. It is only accessible through flight or line of sight teleportation. It is a dungeon for levels 40-60.   Yeti Caves, Eastern: A network of caverns and tunnels inhabited by a tribe of yetis.   Yeti Caves, Northern: A network of caverns and tunnels inhabited by a tribe of yetis.   Yet Caves, Southern: A network of caverns and tunnels inhabited by a tribe of yetis.   Yeti Caves, Western: A network of caverns and tunnels inhabited by a tribe of yetis.  

NPCs

• Elven Ice Revenant: 9-11
• Frost Drake: 7-9
• Frost Drakeling: 3-4
• Frost Pixie: 1-3
• Gnome Skeleton: 6-8
• Gnome Skeleton, Crumbling: 1
• Ice Serpent, Small: 1
• Ice Serpent, Large: 5-6
• Rogue Clockwork Soldier: 8-10
• Rogue Clockwork, Janky: 2-3
• Steam Pixie: 3-5
• Yeti: 11-13
• Yeti Chieftain: 16
• Yeti Hunter: 9-10, found wandering the mountains
• Yeti Juvenile: 7-9
• Yeti Mummy: 8-9
• Yeti Shaman: 12-14
• Yeti Skeleton, Crumbling: 4-6, wander the mountains