Siphonea

Siphonea is a mountainous region east of Phoenixia and the home state of the Mountain Tribe. It is home to the second-tallest mountain in Cyclandia, Mount Ithineo. It was home to a Dwarven kingdom between 900 C.E. and 1140 C.E., but the kingdom was pillaged and burned down by dragons. A few villages remained at higher altitudes where the dragons would not venture. The villages were captured in the 1200s by the Elves but were left alone in the following centuries. The Elves eventually made peace with the Siphonean dragons, but did not involve themselves with the dragons following this event. The Elves also did not dig as deep as the Dwarves, but inhabited some old Dwarven mining cities, the largest of which was known as Kuzhalakan. The Elves renamed it to Siphon, a name derived from one of their leaders' prized objects, Orkenspade the Great's enormous horn. The Dwarven mines gained them immense wealth, and they soon became the richest Tribe in Cyclandia. They eventually formed alliances with the Dwarves' villages in the mountain peaks. Much of Siphonean culture is not known to others in Cyclandia due to their secretive nature.