Editing Mirrors: Geographical Setting (section)

===Pass of Shale===
To the south of the range the Pass of Shale is a barren pass just north of the Great Sands of the southron desert, and it is used peacefully by both the Empire and the Confederacy. There is a box tower on either end of the pass and a bizarre tent village stretched between them in the fashion of the bazaars of the southlanders.

The Pass of Shale is the shortest of the major passes and is agreed by one and all to be a fine and manageable road from nowhere to nowhere.