Tallest peak and lowest valley?

[Xulia]

Originally Posted by Halfcell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am not sure taking the "as the player walks" way of deciding elevation is necessarily the ideal approach. As an example, the climb up to high pass is clearly shorter than the drop to EK on the other side, so either the ocean is higher in Freeport than in Qeynos, or you gain elevation somewhere in between.

As well Frontier mountains are entered lower on the OT side than they are exited on the LOIO side, so unless the majority of frontier mountains is below the level of the lake of ill omen, which makes little sense, it too would be full of water, I just dont think walking from zone to zone is accurate.

Lake of Ill Omen used to be the connecting hub between Veksar -- misnomered in earlier lore and the Wiki as Varnek - and Cabilis as they were likely both trading hubs for the Sathirian empire back in its hayday. Veksar then sank into the ground that became the Lake of Ill Omen due to a curse. The Lake of Ill Omen would also be seen as a freshwater source since it is not fed from the sea. Most of the water in LOIO comes from a pool of water running downhill from the FV zoneline -- possibly the result of a sinkhole collapsing and exposing an underground well. The Iksar may have contributed this natural occurrence to a "curse", or maybe Veksar really was cursed and this lake appeared and swallowed the city. Because magic. Either way, LOIO is definitely not at sea level and sits at a middling height compared to FM.

It's also possible that LOIO is a tarn and the ice in the Dreadlands used to cover a much larger region of Kunark in ancient times.