The Sacred Mountain towered into the clouds and consisted of three peaks. Its highest peak was even more majestic than the former main peak of the Dragon Ridge Mountains. Because of its extreme elevation, the mountain was covered in ice and snow year-round from halfway up. Its treacherous paths were enough to make any ordinary human turn back, while the brave Werewolves regarded it as a training ground for the younger members of their race. Whenever a young Werewolf came of age, they would set out alone, carrying only three days' worth of provisions to cross the mountain. Only those who successfully crossed the mountain and returned from its eastern side with a specific kind of prey would be acknowledged as capable of standing on their own. The Sacred Mountain's highest peak, Sunscorched Peak, was the goal that the most outstanding young Werewolves eagerly challenged. The bravest—and sometimes simply the most foolhardy—young Werewolves would climb the summit barehanded and take a stone from the peak as a symbol of their valor. The elders of the tribe would then set that stone into the tribal totem, turning it into a lifelong honor for the Werewolf. It was said that hundreds or thousands of the finest Werewolves challenged the peak every year, yet fewer than thirty percent succeeded. After thousands of years of unremitting efforts by these courageous Werewolves, the Sacred Mountain's elevation had now been worn down by nearly two meters compared to when the Werewolves had first migrated here...
Anyway, it was said that the leaders of the Werewolf Tribal Nation were discussing whether they should rein in the young members' enthusiasm for challenging the mountain. Those little wolf pups, overflowing with foolish energy and nowhere to use it, dug stones out of the Sacred Mountain's summit every day. They