Mons Veritatis

Mons Veritatis
Location Information
Location	Pandora
Residents	Mountain Banshee
Behind the Scenes
First seen	Avatar

The Mons Veritatis (or Mountain of Truth, in some sources misspelled Mons Veritas - Mountain Truth) is one of the largest mountains in the Hallelujah Mountains. Its peak is located higher than 2,600 m above the ground. The mountain is covered with vegetation and inhabited by large colonies of mountain banshees. In the course of time, roots, climbing plants and smaller floating mountains combined in a way that allows the Na'vi to climb up to the Mons Veritatis to reach the Banshee Rookery. This path is called Ayawa Ikran, or Iknimaya, which is also the name of a fundamental rite of passage that every young Na'vi of the Omatikaya clan has to pass, and involves capturing and bonding with a banshee.

Mons Veritatis rests in the synonymously named Iknimaya region, an area inhabited by the Tipani Clan. The Tipani have even constructed a village at the base of the path to the rookery. The mountain was the center of a large battle in 2152.

In 2170, seven recombinants in service of the RDA, Quaritch, Wainfleet, Zdniarsik, Mansk, Prager, Lopez and Ja, were led to the area by the Spider Socorro, who taught them how to tame a banshee. Eventually all seven managed to do that, and later used their steeds in the hunt for Jake Sully around the seas of Pandora.

Sources

• James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide, page 61
• The Art of Avatar: James Cameron's Epic Adventure, page 74
• Avatar Script, page 133
• Avatar: The Game