Dead Man’s Spine, the GEOGRAPHY — A landmark. The Dead Man’s Spine is a geographical strip that cuts across → Mor-Thandak northeast from the → Gray Lake to → Galantis. It is a largely impassible geographical oddity made up of, from west to east, the → Kathian Mountain range (home of the → Skree), the → Barren and the → Dial. Effectively, the Dead Man’s Spine serves to keep most travelers from conveniently passing between the lands of → Carde and → Ausrost into the → Great North and → Goth because of its dangerous (often fatal) conditions.