User:Zone Descriptions Project/Everfrost

The snowy peaks of Everfrost are known to some as the "Gateway to the North." Indeed it is through Everfrost's frozen river that travelers have access to the Faentharc Woods and from there the wider realm of the frozen wastes.

However, the location is better known as the home of the Barbarians. It was there that during the Scattering of Races the Barbarians settled, finding the Genius Loci or "spirit of the land" agreeable and inspiring. Much of their shamanistic magics are derived from the frozen soil of Everfrost which hosts spirits associated with their ancestors. The Gnolls that inhabit Blackburrow to the south seem to have similar reverence for this soil.

Today the land is much as it has always been. Kaezul forgot or neglected to attack the region, so it isn't cursed or haunted by undying spirits. The eastern portion of these mountains, however, houses its own dangers. A dungeon of orcs and giants as well a and a tower guarded by elemental spirits call these mountains home, so the wise traveler is well-advised to stay to the west!