The Great Mountain

The Great Mountain is a term used for the lands controlled by House of Vaught, including those watched over by their Vassals. The area is located to the south of the Reach, in the mountains just south of the Headlands bordering on Greymane Lands, ranging for a good chunk of the mountainous region.
The term is usually used by its residents, preferring it to "The Vaughtlands", although outsiders commonly use the more known title.
==People==
In general, the Great Mountain's residents are largely oblivious. Before the invasion of Gilneas, the Orcs were mostly believed to be a myth made by soldiers wanting to brag, and that the second war was simply another dispute with the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
Due to their closed-off culture, their residents' lifestyles haven't changed much since their abandonment of the Empire. That being farming, blacksmithing, and a militant life. Because of this, strength is heavily valued, and, in Snowhaven and a few Kresten villages, preferred to sheer cunning.
Unlike most Gilneans, who have their own, changed accent, the Great Mountain's limited interactions have helped make their residents continue to sound Arathorian. The difference is extremely small, except for younger traders who might have taken the normal voice-tone of the Headlands.
==Internal Areas==
Most internal travelers section the lands into three different parts: The Bull, normally deforested and made of blackened steel, which is considered to end once the snow begins, and start once the forests become less noticeable. The Bull, although more profitable than the Stag, is the smallest area. Their only land eastern of the Vaugate is Snowhaven.
The Stag, whose fortifications are mostly made of brick, lumber, and reinforced with light grey steel. The surrounding areas, including smaller villages and farms, are inside a thick forest, normally lit by wandering priests. The Stag is considered to start west of the Vaugate, and end once metal fortifications begin. The Stag is the second largest area in the Great Mountain.
The Heron, although technical rulers of both the Stag and the Bull, is considered to be all lands Eastern of the Vaugate, as well as the gate its self, which contains nearly all of the area's foreigners. The Heron is stereotyped as being made mostly of brick and steel, with only their poorer villagers' homes, constructed by their own materials, created from wood. Snow is present on all areas except the gate, in which three inches of snow is considered normal, as it comes down nearly as much as rain in mainland Gilneas. Very few farmers breed livestock in the Heron, their villager's main professions being mining alternative areas than Snowhaven's built-in, and hunting the moose inhabiting the Heron's forests.
Category:Gilneas Locations
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Category:Mountains
Category:House of Vaught
Category:Duchy of the Headlands