Daggertooth Pass
One of only two passes through the Sunrise Mountains, Daggertooth Pass follows the River Gauros up to its headwaters and crosses a high saddle to come down in the upper vale of the River Murghol, a tributary to the River Clearflow of the Endless Wastes. To one side of the main track a knife-like peak looms, the mountain that gives the pass its name. The top of the pass is a little more than 9,000 feet above sea level, and heavy snows linger on the shaded northern sides of the peaks all year long.In some years, the Daggertooth is completely impassable. The narrow and steep track is unsuitable for anything approaching the size of an army, which is why the Tuigans have never troubled the Thayans by this route. The zulkirs maintain a sinister fortress called Chur-Gathos a little way down from the saddle on the Thayan side. This cold, lonely outpost is reserved for those soldiers unlucky enough to earn a posting in one of the worst spots in the land.
