This escarpment divides the grassy plains into two halves and marks the boundary between the Shaar and the Eastern Shaar. Along the entire length of the Landrise, the eastern side is anywhere from 200 to 400 feet higher than the western side. The extended cliffs are broken in several places along the length of the Landrise, allowing travelers to move back and forth between the two elevations with relative ease. Most of these spots are nothing more than steep and often treacherous footpaths, but caravan routes cross the Landrise in several places where broader, more gently sloping breaches in the cliffs have been discovered. During rainstorms, the Landrise sports numerous cascading waterfalls, but most of the time, little water spills over the cliff edges.
The Landrise is more than just a notable landmark. Frequently, tribes at war with one another attempt to position themselves on the high side of the cliffs so that they can watch for their enemies' approach and gain a tactical advantage in battle. Other tribes consider the Landrise a holy place and bury their dead in high caves on the faces of the cliffs, often in spots that appear completely unreachable. A few bodies have even been laid to rest on platforms braced by logs protruding from the cliff face. Visitors who have seen these hanging crypts have marveled at the distances the nomads had to carry the wood and the effort needed to get the bodies into position. The prevailing wisdom holds that magic was almost certainly employed to create these odd tombs.