The Walls of Grace

The Walls of Grace are among the most mysterious and striking landscapes of Thalas. Towering cliffs rise so high they seem to scrape the clouds, their roots buried in narrow beaches while their crowns are hidden in mist. Above the cliffs lies a fertile and verdant plateau, lush with greenery and teeming with life. Yet this abundance is as dangerous as it is beautiful—the predators that roam the highlands have adapted to the thin air and the heights, making human settlement all but impossible. To live atop the cliffs is to live in constant peril, stalked by beasts that thrive in an environment few humans can endure.
  Instead, humanity has carved its home into the cliffs themselves. Great vertical cities cling to the sheer rock walls, built like colossal cave systems that tunnel inward and downward rather than outward. Windows and balconies overlook the endless drop, bridges of stone and wood connect hollowed districts, and light filters down through ingenious shafts carved into the rock. Life here is precarious, yet breathtaking: the air is filled with the sound of waves crashing far below, the cry of seabirds nesting in the cliffs, and the echo of hammers as new caverns are shaped into homes. The Walls of Grace remain a place of danger, wonder, and resilience—a land where survival depends not on conquering the heights above, but on mastering the vertical world that stretches endlessly toward the sea.