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A magical mountain where the Cosmic Council met.

  • So-called because the Mostali believed it nailed together all of reality and held it in place.
  • It lay south of Genertela and east of Vadeli lands
  • On top of it was Umath's Throne
  • On the eastern flanks was Flamal's Forest
  • Kyger Litor emerged with a great horde further down and set up the Great Uz Queendom on the eastern coast near the White Elves.
  • Later on, the Uz controlled the northern flank.
  • The Devil tried to land there using the Bridge of Slime at Karrg's Win but was driven off.
  • He later made another landing and destroyed the Spike during the Great Darkness
  • The void created by the destruction reportedly became Magasta's Pool
  • However Belintar's Book has an alternative tradition which has Harana Ilor creating an inverted mountain which became filled with water and known as the Pool of Serenity
  • If this is the origin of Magasta's Pool, then it is not clear whether the Spike had an actual reality within the Inner World.
  • It could have been on what is now the Three Steps Islands
  • More likely every mythically important mountain (such as Bandaku, Imadsalash, Elvtios and Mount Kerofin) had some connection to the Spike on the other side.

Sources: Guide to Glorantha

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