The hills of Emprise du Lion are in peril. These hills are home to the village of Sahrnia, known throughout Orlais for its quarry, which produces azure granite of remarkable quality.
The ancient and the modern co-exist in the highlands of Emprise du Lion, where relics of the lost elven nation are scattered among bustling human villages. Letter from a Fereldan merchant to his cousin in Highever Not sure how many leave after." The last was a joke, but I won't be visiting that hold any time soon. "But do people really disappear in the forest?" I asked. Of course, the hunting's good, the trade fair, and the Avvar hold impressive. because everything can kill you." The wildlife is violent, the cliffs are steep, and you must be mindful of the gods' wishes (here meaning his Avvar gods).
His rule for traveling there seemed to boil down to "be wary and alert. He described thick forests-greater than any I've seen, I'm certain-and darkened swamps. He laughed and admitted it could be a cruel place. So I described the stories Uncle told us as children, where brave expeditions get lost in places like the Western Approach, Nahashin Marshes. Then he raised an eyebrow at the look on my face. I asked Halvor where he'd last traveled, and he said he'd been trading with an Avvar hold in Frostback Basin. Maybe I was trying to get out of the bet, but I happily paid the bill at the inn that night. Unless you were getting out of your wager?" "Lowlander! I was owed a drink on my next visit. Which is why his voice across the market took me by surprise: Halvor often arrives around Wintersend, but given the recent weather, I hadn't looked for him.
The exception is the Avvar, who have long travelled the basin and, in more recent generations, established a hold along its steep mountain cliffs. Rare expeditions in ages past returned with little information-or did not return at all. Ancient Tevinter ruins lie overgrown by thick forest, their purpose here forgotten.
Throughout history, few have dared explore the Frostback Basin.
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