Dante's range
It is our own special kind of hell that we can never leave. I think the lord enjoys our struggle, but that's alright with us. It is one of the rare areas that are as dangerous to the devilspawn as it is to us, which means it's safer than most.
Dante's range is a region of living mountains, where the ground may open at any time below the feet of the unwary and swallow them whole, without any regard or consideration for who or what they are. Defying all odds, several groups of survivors have settled there, forming nomadic communities navigating through the harsh conditions of their habitat.
Living hell
The range is far more than dangerously shifting mountains. Crumbling cliffs, chasms and rifts are one thing, but immense lakes can fill a valley in a matter of minutes, and jungles may grow on a rocky slope overnight. The changes appear without a reason or pattern other than the whims of the place's master. To the people inhabiting the range, death is an everyday companion, one that they have little tools to deal with.
Accelerated birth and maturation
Between the rocky peaks, pregnancy lasts for a month and a newborn becomes a teenager in a year. They die young, but always old enough for the overall population to be somewhat stable.
Enhanced bodies
The nomads of the range are not humans, they are faster, slightly stronger and have better reflexes. Just enough for them to survive their permanent ordeal, until they make a fatal mistake.
The Lord
The one the inhabitant named the Lord is a high ranking demon, one with extraordinary powers and the architect of the range. He merely allows them to live, and prevents whoever tries to escape its grasp from living. Anyone who enters its domain is bound to become its plaything, to play with until it grows bored.
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