Howling Gap

The Howling gap is a passage between the Teyla Shan and the Raurin Alta mountains, and is the primary trade passage between Semphar and the east.

Description.
Created by the space between the Teyla Shan and the Raurin Alta mountain ranges, the Howling Gap sits along the the Silk Road that connects Semphar to the lands of the Shou Lung, and serves as the primary route of travel between the two nations.

No one is sure how the Howling Gap got its name, but there are a number of theories, including It is known that the gap has a history of caravans disappearing in it, with others being attacked, and survivors claiming to have been attacked by something in the wind, and entire garrisons stationed there being destroyed mysteriously.
 * The loud howl the baboons in the area make when they feel threatened.
 * Fierce winds that sweep east to west, causing large dust storms.
 * Djiins who were bound by the ancient Imaskari Empire to guard the empire, still being forced to do so long after the empire has collapsed.

Due to all these rumors, no one, not even bandits, or the Caliph of Semphar, has tried to occupy or settle this region.

History
During the Tuigan invasion of Semphar, the Gap was one of two main routes used by the Tuigan Khan Hubadai to invade the nation. The Tuigan, being a superstitious people, did not attempt to garrison people in the gap however.