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Return to the Ice WallFROM THE VAULTS OF PANDIUSRETURN tothe ICE WALLby Shawn Stanley (stanles)"We were out beyond Lake Ludaš, past theterritory of the Jagged Rocks, when weentered a strange, icy world. Even though itwas early Fyrmont the ground was coveredin a thin layer of ice and the plants werefrozen and brittle and similarly covered inice; it looked like a winter wonderland. Thecreatures in the area were also affected; wenoticed giant spiders weaving icy webs.Overnight we were attacked by strangebluish-coloured wolves that emitted adangerous frosty blast. After we dispatchedthe beast, later in the early morning when itwas Pyotr's watch, we were attacked by afrost giant. He never alerted us, it attackedus without warning; we were unpreparedand we suffered serious losses. Afterwardswe never found Pyotr or even his body; wedon't know what happened to him. Weescaped back here, we only have some of thespider webs to show for our journey - see, Ihave some of it here - they haven't evenmelted, whatever good they are. It's adangerous place, I will never return."- Heard from Yuri Golitsyn, an adventurer,in an alehouse in Novaci158THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1
Return to the Ice WallHISTORYOver the centuries gnomes have been moved- and moved on - around southeastern Brunas various humanoid hordes were raised andrampaged through the area. The gnomesalways moved and rebuilt, sometimes evenallying with humans. One such group ofgnomes was a mix of refugees from thoserelocated from the Cruth and Altan TepesMountains by the Horde of Queen Udbala in492 BC and those relocated from the FalunCaverns in the Northern Reaches byrampaging kobolds in 490 BC. Some of thesedisplaced gnomes had found each other andallied with the human Cynidicean Empire, theheart of which is in present day Ylaruam.Over the years the gnomes lost close contactwith the Cynidiceans through increasingdistaste over the growing Church of Zargon.After a couple of hundred years of relativestability for the gnomes - if not for theirhuman allies - the human city of Cynidiceawas itself attacked by an Antalian horde fromthe north, in 98 BC. The gnomes were againrelocated by the Antalian horde and, whilefleeing, the Cynidiceans and gnomes againfound themselves working together againstthe common threat. The gnomes helped theCynidiceans found an underground city but,uneasy with the clerics of Zargon and theinfluence it had gained over the remnants ofthe Cynidicean Empire, the gnomes quicklymoved on.Fleeing southwest from the underground citythe gnomes headed towards their ancestralhomes in the Altan Tepes. At this time theimmortal Brandan, patron immortal of thegnomes of Snarta, was expanding his sights -ultimately he was hoping to find newfollowers beyond the Vulcanian gnomes.Brandan had been following the plight of thegnomes of southeastern Brun and decidedthat now was the time to act, although he waswary of acting too overtly. Brandan hadobserved the human Traladara andconsidered them to be a healthier group ofhumans - compared to the Cynidiceans - forthe gnomes to associate themselves with.Brandan sent dreams to some of the gnomesfleeing towards the Altan Tepes, guidingthem to the overland route through thenarrow pass in the Altan Tepes now known asthe Gap of Yebedeska, and from there intothe Traladaran lands. However, Brandan waswary of the possibility of renewed contactbetween the gnomes and the Cynidiceans,and so decided to implement the most overtpart of his plan - while also satisfying his urgeto create new and fantastic things. Brandan -also known as Brandan Earth-Mover, BrandanEarthshaker and Brandan the Builder -decided to create a great wall to protect thefleeing gnomes; a wall of ice.Brandan chose the narrowest place in theGap of Yebedeska for his construction.Unfortunately, this was also the place where,a millennium beforehand, the Nithians hadengaged in their own attempt at terraforming.Nithians had been fighting Beastmen in theirown territories, forcing them to flee throughthe Altan Tepes to Traldar lands. In order toensure that they did not return, a council ofpowerful Nithian wizards raised the land in apart of the gap that effectively destroyed thenatural passageway. Afterwards, once thelandscape settled, and the avalanches andlandslides has dissipated, a much narrowerpass still existed; however the beastmennever returned. It was in this narrow pass thatBrandan constructed his wall.159THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1
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The History of KarameikosElf travel
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