Deep in the awe-inspiring canyons where the impassable Xaryai River flows, a forest occupies the chasm's floor. The river has cut a wider opening through softer stone, creating a shaded valley and revealing luminescent crystal that bathes the area in almost eternal twilight. In this weird jungle of crystal and trees live the xephs. Xephs have long been accepted among Adarans. The largest concentration of xephs in the Xaryai Coulee, as the xephs name the valley, is in a settlement of graceful buildings melding stone, tree, and crystal. Xephs call it Xephanan. From Xephanan, xephs travel all over Adar; many are integrated into Adaran society and involved in the war against the Inspired. A few bold xeph merchants run trading vessels from the port at Dvaarnava, where they also work with the Summit Road.