Chakravada is the greatest of all mountains in the Dreaming.
Overview[]
Found in the Splintered Mountains, Mount Chakravada, greatest of all mountains, is also the center of all worlds, and, at least within dreams, it is alive. Some of the most secretive all mortal magicians, the Ahl-i-Batin, know this fact, but have misled themselves to think that the Mountain no longer exists. They called Chakravada "Qaf," and, although it was long ago that they knew it and the world has changed since, the sacred mountain lingers still. Somewhere within the Dreaming, the world is still as whole as it ever was, splintered but unbroken. This is the difference between the Dream and waking life.
In the Dreaming, the great, slow spirit of the mountain lingers, brooding in its ponderous majesty. According to the legends, all the laws and bans of the Dreaming depend on Chakravada's stony body for force, from Zozo's Pronuncifees to the Riddles of Doom and Silver. Oaths sworn on the Mountain are unbreakable, no matter how terrible or doom-laden they might be. The most famous (and tragic) example is the Pact with Hell, which allowed Arcadia to be built, and because of which the Tithe is now paid.
References[]
- CTD: Dreams and Nightmares, p. 74