The Bleeding Mountain

The only active volcano in the Sunrise Lands is the Bleeding Mountain, which as the name indicates, is in a near-constant state of eruption. Magma trickles in rivers down its slopes, and carves out deep gorges in the foothills underneath. The volcano constantly belches out smoke and ash, and the sky in the immediate vicinity is gray and thick with smog.

The Bleeding Mountain is one of the most important sites in the Sunrise Lands, as it is both the  high holy site  of the  Yakmaki  and also the largest dragon roosting area by far. Nearly all of the dragonriders in history have come out of the foothills of the volcano to conquer their territories, though the world awaits a dragonrider with a more lasting legacy.

Recently, the  Lands of Blood  have been occupied by the  Alvyrnian Empire  's  military , as the newest Imperial province. The Yakmaki, by and large, take this invasion of their home and holiest site about as well as can be expected, so today the Bleeding Mountain is the site of constant warfare.