Moytura Pass, also known as the Pass of Moytura, is a landmark in southern Sommerlund. Famously, it was here, during the Battle of Moytura Pass, where Darklord Vashna was beaten and driven back to Maakengorge, where he was slain.
History[]
Not much is known about Moytura Pass before the arrival of the Sommlending. Its location served as a chokepoint between the wastelands of the Wildlands, the initial location Sommerlund (north of Moytura Pass), and the wild territories south of it. The town of Moytura, north-east of Moytura Pass, took place in MS 3475.[1]
In MS 3785, Archlord Vashna sent his Black Muster, a giant force prepared over 200 years, into Moytura Pass, intending to conquer and destroy Sommerlund once and for all. In the Battle of Moytura Pass, they fought the Lastlands forces — the forces of Sommerlund and its allies Durenor and Cloeasia — and were defeated. The Lastlands forces pursued the routed Darklands forces all the way to Maakengorge, where they fought the final Battle of Maakengorge. Here, Archlord Vashna and King Ulnar I of Sommerlund fought one-on-one, and killed each other. The body of Vashna and his forces were drive into the Maakengorge, although a part of Vashna's spirit remained intact in his Dagger, allowing attempts at his revival in the ensuing millennia.[2]
Some time after his defeat, King Bern I, an expansionist, conquered the wild territories south of Moytura Pass and founded the provinces of Maaken and Ruanon. This opened up trading opportunities with the Stornlands, enriching Sommerlund even further, and helping secure political ties with them, later known as the Freelands Alliance.[2]
In MS 4921, during the time of Archlord Zagarna, a Darklands force destroyed Tower Ironar, a border post near Moytura Pass, and seized the Iron Woods.[2] This attack was presumably pushed back, at the very most, after Zagarna's defeat in MS 5050.
Geography[]
Moytura Pass is a v-shaped cleft in the mountains,[3] located south of Holmgard, north of the Ruanon Pike and province of Ruanon, and south-west of the Wildlands. Parts of Moytura Pass are affected by the wastelands of the Wildlands.[4]
In the gamebooks[]
Moytura Pass is rarely explored in the gamebooks.
In The Chasm of Doom, Lone Wolf journeys from Holmgard to Ruanon via Moytura Pass, although nothing of note happens in Moytura Pass.[5] However, just south of Moytura Pass, in the Ruanon Pike, the player can meet Gwynian the Sage in a hut, although his identity is unknown to the player at the time.[6][7]
In Dawn of the Dragons, Lone Wolf spots Moytura Pass from the Cloud-dancer skyship, although the skyship bypasses it to land in Holmgard.[8]
References[]
- ↑ Dever, Joe [2017]. The Realm of Sommerlund. Cubicle 7, p. 16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dever, Joe [2017]. The Realm of Sommerlund. Cubicle 7, pp. 7–17.
- ↑ Dawn of the Dragons: §60
- ↑ The Chasm of Doom: Kai Disciplines
- ↑ The Chasm of Doom: §1
- ↑ The Chasm of Doom: §160
- ↑ The Kingdoms of Terror: §127 > §233 > §6
- ↑ Dawn of the Dragons: §60