The otherwise lush and vibrant region of Q'barra holds a curious wonder. In the midst of the jungles a steep plateau rises. The plateau's top, flat as if sliced off by a giant blade, bears a forest of bones. Ordinary animal bones, picked clean by scavengers, lie trampled into the earth by the passage of larger animals come here to die. Above the broken animal bones, massive dinosaur skeletons recline in splendor. The imposing form of a battletitan skeleton remains in an almost lifelike position, looming over the silent graveyard.
No one is certain why local creatures come to Ivory Mountain to die. Some scholars theorize that Ivory Mountain is a manifest zone to Dolurrh, the Realm of the Dead, and that the zone exerts an influence over nearby creatures. Those close to death sense their demise, and the zone draws them to the plateau in their final moments. The exact strength of this pull remains unknown, but explorers have discovered human, elven, and lizardfolk remains among the relics of Ivory Mountain.
Since Ivory Mountain's discovery, many explorers have sought to climb the plateau and carry away some of its treasures. Morgrave University pays well for the intact skeletons of rare creatures, and some who met their end on Ivory Mountain died with valuables in their possession. Such expeditions find that undead creatures also feel the draw of the manifest zone. Skeletons have a tendency to animate unexpectedly, and vicious howler scavengers lurk among the dead.