Spine of the World
Spine of the World is used by two authors,
R. A. Salvatore and
Robert Jordan, to describe a range of mountains in their novels.
*Author
Robert Jordan uses it to describe the mountains that divide the
Aiel Waste from the Westlands in his fictional novel series the
Wheel of Time.
*In the
fictional setting of the
Forgotten Realms, the
Spine of the World is the range of mountains in
Northern Faerûn that lies just south of
Icewind Dale and the northern icecaps. It is said to be almost impossible to cross, teeming with ogres, orcs, and other foul creatures of the north. Bards say that if one does manage to cross it, one comes to an endless sea of mist and ice, in which
white dragons (the least intelligent of true dragons) wait to consume anything that comes their way. This is just a myth, however, as there are not many white dragons in the world.
The Spine of the World is also a novel by
R. A. Salvatore.
*http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/
*http://www.rasalvatore.com/
