Peak Pass provides an opening through the Worlds Edge Mountains often used by travellers and merchants heading to the Far East.
Peak Pass runs through the Worlds Edge Mountains. It connects the Dark Lands with the Imperial Great Province of Ostermark.[3]
During the Golden Age, the Dwarfs fortified the pass, which connects to the great Dwarf hold of Karak Kadrin ("Stronghold of the Pass" in Khazalid). Originally, it was meant to connect the western and the eastern ends of the Dwarf holds of the Worlds Edge Mountains. After the Time of Woes began, Greenskins flooded through Peak Pass and the Dwarfs were forced to abandon many of their eastern holds.[1a]
In the present day, the treacherous pass is carefully guarded by the Dwarfs, as it is monster-haunted and one of the main invasion routes for Greenskins moving westwards from the Dark Lands. The fierce clans of Karak Kadrin pride themselves in keeping Peak Pass open to trade while denying intruders. Trading caravans that travel to the Far East often use Peak Pass to leave the Old World.[2a]