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|Introduction=The '''Irere Mountains''' are the western of the two mountain ranges of [[Orinilure]], lying west of the [[Orinilure Valley]] and facing the [[Orinilure Mountains]] across it. The range covers about 50,000 square miles and is known for its black stone. It is the territory of the [[Erden Monopoly]], whose [[Oinien]] live in cavern cities and tunnels beneath it. The two ranges are said to have once formed a single horseshoe-shaped massif.
|Introduction=The '''Irere Mountains''' are the western of the two mountain ranges of [[Orinilure]], lying west of the [[Orinilure Valley]] and facing the [[Orinilure Mountains]] across it. The range covers about 50,000 square miles and is known for its black stone. It is the territory of the [[Erden Monopoly]], whose [[Oinien]] live in cavern cities and tunnels beneath it. The two ranges are said to have once formed a single horseshoe-shaped massif.


|Etymology=''Irere'' comes from ''irier'', the Oinien word for "star", which takes the form ''irer-'' in compounds.
|Geography=The Irere Mountains consist of sheer black peaks, deep caverns, and subterranean Oinien settlements. [[Aráinia]] lies to the west and [[Khamria]] to the southwest. Three rivers, the Tohol, the Petut, and the Shebal, rise on the eastern slopes and flow into the Orinilure Valley.
|Geography=The Irere Mountains consist of sheer black peaks, deep caverns, and subterranean Oinien settlements. [[Aráinia]] lies to the west and [[Khamria]] to the southwest. Three rivers, the Tohol, the Petut, and the Shebal, rise on the eastern slopes and flow into the Orinilure Valley.