| Category | Highlands |
| Continent | Straiden |
| Region | Izagunbar, Karnegmoth, Weretopia |
| Alias | Ušuškad |
| Map | Elephant Backbone Mountains |
The Elephant Backbone is a towering mountain range of the Straiden continent. With the loftiest peaks over 60,000', they can be seen from five seas. Spanning the breadth of the continent, this mountain range touches three regions, Izagunbar and Karnegmoth to the north, and Weretopia to the south. littered with the ruins of the Creation War (1486 DE - 8777 DE). The western tracts are home to Bal-Kriav's oldest dwarven civilization, the Akthol-Tharag, descendants of the war's victors.
The Elephant Backbone has a rugged landscape with great cliffs, steep gorges and a terrain unfriendly to anything wheeled. As a result, most trade and traffic takes to the evergreens of Cimgen, along the legendary Covenant Roads.
Notable Areas
- Aphalur (city)
- Bulwark of Târulûth
- Cimgen (forest)
- Covenant Roads
- Eyegaihur
- Turkosh
- Vorkrak