Paytern Hill (geography)

Paytern Hill is a hill within Trynser City, west-northwest from the Imperial Palace. It is located within the ward of the city of the same name. It is a grey rocky hill of mostly limestone and chert with usually steep but never vertical sides. The highest point of the hill is at 258 ft., where the Donjon of Greystone Castle is located. The easiest approach up the hill is from the west where a saddle connects the hill with Sentinel Hill. The adequate rains that the hill receives mostly flow to the south and down over Draillor's Drop, though some goes up north through the Shadowfall Rift and other ways.
The hill has mostly escaped the extensive quarrying that has left other similar hills to the east as pinnacles or flat as pancakes. However, some quarrying was done on the eastern side, notably in Gammick's Quarry before it was stopped to maintain the hill as a defensive feature for the center of the city. After Greystone Castle was built, and Zarmit's Needle to the east of that, other buildings started springing up on top of the hill. 
Category:Trynser City
Category:Paytern Hill Ward