The Cliffs of Insanity

The Cliffs of Insanity are a steep cliff in the southern landscape, in line with The Rift.

The Cliffs of Insanity are renowned for their awesome landscape and beautiful sunsets. A waterfall pours on the Eastern side, but the heat of the area is so great that it evaporates before it touches the ground during the day. The Cliffs of Insanity also contain stairs, which grant alternate access to the nearby mountain range. People generally forget that these stairs exist.

Legend has it that once  a pack of Liberon half-orcs, banished from their own people and yet too young to understand their full potential, had once been driven to these cliffs to escape. Fearing the southern mountains and the nearby Tiefling people, they found refuge in the incredibly windy landscape that threatened to push them over the edge. The band of fifteen grew agitated as the windy terrain kept them from sleep and dried their skin constantly until it bled, despite the nearby waterfall. A great battle was said to have taken place between Rickghat, the tenuous leader of the group, and Shanegug, one of the more ferocious candidates who wished to leave their stronghold. The cliffs are said to have taken joy in this fight, with rockfalls of laughter shaking the rockface during the battle. Rickghat lost, in crushing humiliation. With Rickghat spared from death, the suriviors continued in this way for only three more months, for each week one survivor was to disappear forever without a trace. Eventually only the two combatants remained, and it is said that Rickghat, finally satisfied that he could be with his people peacefully once more, leapt off the cliffs in a bout of insanity, laughing the whole way as a final gesture to the cliffs that had once humiliated him.

FUN FACT:  Tourists to the region are advised to wear hats with strings on them.