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====== Kethra's Steppe ======
Legends hold that a set of stairs once led to the realm of [[kethra|Kethra]]. If the stairs do exist, they have been hidden from the eyes of mortals. Its rumored location is somewhere between [[redtooth_peak|Redtooth Peak]] and [[goldbelly_mountain|Goldbelly Mountain]].


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==== Secrets of the Stairs ====

Concentrating the power of the sun, only then will the stairs reveal themselves to mortal eyes. A reflecting contraption on [[goldbelly_mountain|Goldbelly Mountain]] will be needed to start a fire on [[redtooth_peak|Redtooth Peak]].

>//You consult Gulpax’s journal. One page contains a drawing of two mountain peaks. On the top of one there is an odd contraption. On the other, a roaring fire. Between the two, an ancient set of stairs rises to a whirlpool of darkness.// - Ascending Kethra's Steppe (GS-ADV4)

Once summoned, with earth shattering vibrations, a set of stairs will rise from the ground. A whirling portal of darkness will appear at the top of the stairs. The portal leads to a world of floating stone islands all connected by [[rope|rope]] and vines. Each island appears to have portals to other [[planes|planes]].

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====Notable Nearby Locations====
  * [[bugbear encampment|Bugbear Encampment]]
  * [[glimmerwood clearing|Glimmerwood Clearing]]
  * [[goldbelly_mountain|Goldbelly Mountain]]
  * [[lorkheim|Lorkeim Village]]
  * [[morningside_meadow|Morningside Meadow]]
  * [[redtooth_peak|Redtooth Peak]]

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==== Denizens ====
  * [[kethra|Kethra]]
  * [[ulrir|Ulrir]]

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===== References=====
==== Gulpax's Journal (GS-Journal)====
[[gulpax|Gulpax]] has a drawing in her [[gulpax_s_journal|journal]] showing an ancient set of stairs rising between two mountains.