Alias: The Sentinel Range, The Mountain Passes
Location: South of Kela, east of Ukhaalstaag, far north of Jeyrha (western continent)
Ngorrhal is the western alpine continent of stratospheric peaks and megafault ranges, assimilated into the Geban Empire after a brutal civil war. The Western and Northern Passes became the Frost Sentinels—their physiology the genetic foundation for the first Engineered. Northern Pass children were raised in the capital as royal bodyguards, forging sacred bonds. The Thazvaar-backed Northeastern line was eradicated. Despite few small hubs and most population migrating to Geba, Ngorrhal’s massive mountains host the planet’s largest and oldest operable surviving relay infrastructure—older even than Geba’s. Engineers flock here to test experimental arrays. Frost Sentinels return for their ancient rite of passage: once a local hunt of the Greater Smilohound in their home biome, it now demands crossing oceans to Ngorrhal, surviving an unfamiliar land, killing the hyper-lethal apex predator with bare hands, and hauling its entire 4-tonne carcass back across the sea—a monumental feat since most Frost Senitnels no longer live in Ngorrhal. Alpine to subpolar climate (−20°C to 5°C) with ice storms and stellar winds preserves ancient surfaces. Ngorrhal remains a proving ground for endurance and imperial loyalty.