Great Bleak Mountains

The Great Bleak Mountains first appeared in Brian Lumley's Hero of Dreams (fiction) and Clock of Dreams (fiction)

Narthos

Brian Lumley's Dreamlands, introduced in Hero of Dreams and Clock of Dreams, and integrated into H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

Geography

Great Bleak Mountains

Tall and cold rise the peaks of this range, and few explorers have ventured there and returned. The river Tross has its headwaters in these mountains. (Lumley, "Hero of Dreams"?)

Valley of Narthos

A valley holding the River Xari and the city of Jaren. Herds of plains-dwelling okapi can be found there. (Lumley, "Hero of Dreams"?)

Valley of Tanta

To the east of Dylath-Leen is the lush, irrigated valley of Tanta. Tanta is the main source for produce and livestock near Dylath-Leen. Not far from the city, in the valley, stands the village of Ti-Penth. (Lumley, "Clock of Dreams"?)

Ossaran Steppes

The Ossaran Steps are an arid, wind-swept region is the home of the Wazik nomads, feared plainsmen do not ride horses but instead use the shaggy yaks of the region for mounts. They lead a harsh existence and raid the few villages which dot the boundaries of their homeland, taking captives as slaves which they often sell. Their spread has been largely halted by the Great Bleak Mountains, which are all but impassable, the Great Wall which surrounds Sona-Nyl, the land of Zura from which no man has ever returned alive, and the Bnazic Desert which they regard as haunted. Their only avenue of expansion is to the west, toward Theelys. Occasionally, various bands of these plainsmen have banded together to mount large scale raiding forays in that direction, but the town's sorcerers, the Descendants of Soomus, have always turned them back.

Xari River

The poisonous Xari is in the valley of Narthos, its waters jet black and deadly. (Lumley, "Hero of Dreams"?)

Tross River

The Tross runs several hundred miles and has its headwaters in the Great Bleak Mountains. It ends in the Southern Sea, near the city of Theelys. Little lies west of the Tross, but a ferry runs across the river to bring the farmers and wanderers back into more civilized realms, or to take wanderers and adventurers in those unknown regions which lie beyond. (Lumley, "Hero of Dreams"?)

Cities

Theelys

Far to the west, on the southern banks of the mouth of the river Tross, stands Theelys. It marks the farthest western extent of the ancient Tyrhhian Empire. Never more than a border town, Theelys has stood inhabited since the days when Yath-Lhi's armies roamed the Dreamlands in search of loot to satisfy their queen's greed. Theelys is sometimes referred to as the City of Mists because it is almost continually shrouded in thick swirling mists which rise from the Tross. This, combined with its remote location on the very frontiers of dream, has made Theelys a somewhat rough and ready city. Few ships put into the harbor, as Theelys has no valuable commodities to export. Theelys' main feature is the fact that it is one of the locations of the Great Library of the Dreamlands. Why Theelys was chosen for this honor is a mystery, but most scholars feel that it has to do with the town’s most prominent resident, Nyrass the sorcerer, who dwells within a great castle standing at the outskirts of town. (Lumley, "Hero of Dreams"?)

Jaren

A small town in the valley of Narthos. It is drab and dreary, though the fields surrounding it are of surpassing beauty and its walls are of the fabulous onyx of Inganok. (Lumley, "Hero of Dreams"?)

Ti-Penth

A small village in the Valley of Tanta, east of Dylath-Leen. Here the residents of the valley gather every year to celebrate the Festival of Plenty, marking the end of harvest season and the first trips to market. (Lumley, "Clock of Dreams"?)

Associated Mythos Elements

• Setting: Dreamlands

References

• fiction: Hero of Dreams (fiction), Clock of Dreams (fiction), et.al
• sourcebook: H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands