Narbe

Summary
The Narbe is a long, deep chasm that cuts through the heart of the mountains north of Verzauberstadt in western Reilla. No one is sure exactly how deep the Narbe goes-- the walls are sheer and polished nearly smooth. Some few attempts have been made to plumb the depths, but the orientation of the chasm means that it funnels winds from the north through its curves with enough force to tear away any attempts to anchor climbing gear to the walls. There has been some talk of carving shelters at periodic intervals down the walls, but without a clear benefit to such an expensive enterprise, nothing has ever come of it. The endpoints of the Narbe are well-known with the southwest terminus ending abruptly at the walls of an old outpost currently serving as a field study base for the mages of Verzauberstadt. The northeast end lies under a hundred feet of ice as a glacier falls over the abrupt edge in a slow parody of a waterfall. Apart from the sheer vertical drop of the walls and the unknown depth of the chasm, the Narbe has one other peculiar feature that adds to its mystery: the width of the chasm is exactly 1,000 feet across for its entire length. In short, no one knows what made the Narbe or even how long it has existed, but the mages feel that it serves as a convenient landmark for the area.