The Cloud Peaks

The Cloud Peaks mountain range stretches from the Sea of Swords on northwest Amn to the Snakewood forest on the mid-eastern mainlands of the domain. This makes it both the highest and longest mountain range in Amn. The range is infested with dangerous monsters, forbidding with natural hazards, but is also rich in precious gems and raw metals. There no cities built on the mountains; only forgotten keeps and army posts. The range (also known by the name of "the Frost"), is a jagged, snow-covered place, that most of the year appears lost in the the cloudy sky, making it impossible to see its peaks. The range is impassable except for the Fangs, the sole safe passage through the mountains, that connects the town of Nashkel to the city of Crimmor.

The Clouds Peaks are known as the residence of giants and clans of orcs or goblinoids, most of them thralls to their giant masters. Although the greenskins can come down south enough to cause trouble, the giants rarely come down from their cloudy hideouts. There are also reports on cold blooded creatures of all kinds, even dragons.

Mount Jelegstrum
This jagged spire of a mountain that took its name out of a cloud giant reaver of old, marks the southern end of the Cloud Peaks at the Goldplains' vicinity. One of the biggest mountain masses of the western part of the range, Jelegstrum is responsible for the mild weather Crimmor enjoys, keeping the cold winds of the Sword Coast within the range's ravines and valleys. Most of the spire consists of cold badlands, although the peak is covered by a blanket of canopy woodlands.

It is the home to many winged (mostly harmless) creatures, save a clan of harpies and the occasional stirges in the lower heights of the mount. The host of Hellfang orcs used to occupy its peaks, before they were wiped and driven out by a number of the Darkwatch and the Company of Valladilene.

Gorog Ahmerang
The shield dwarf clan of Hammerpeak, a centuries old peoples, cut this defended outpost from the rock of a natural cave complex in the southern slopes of the Cloud Peaks. Gorog Ahmerang was the largest of a series of outposts, that were used as resting places of trade convoys and as garrisons for small armed dwarven forces.

Gorog Ahmerang was probably commanded by a War Thane, as history would dictate, consulting both the High Thane (king) of the clan and the guild masters.

This outpost is a ruined tomb now, possibly fell to destruction after a huge conflict. This could be an extend of an old civil war, for the Company of Valladilene discovered only dwarven bodies within the halls (which were probably exploited by a mysterious man called Nammon).