Iceverf
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| Iceverf | |
|---|---|
| Kind | County |
| Region / realm | Velfald Regency |
| Ruler | Lady Astrid Frostweave |
| Population | ~100,000 |
| GM canon | |
| first cited: [heralds-a#3] | |
On the world map: this place exists in the map data as province Iceverf.
Iceverf is a county of the Velfald Regency in the Aenarch Empire, and also the name of its chief city. [heralds-b#144 · last-winter#21] It is not under siege, but it is rotted from within, worked by the secret society Blackice and burdened by political and mystic threats. [heralds-a#3 · heralds-a#4]
Overview
Iceverf lies in a cold, snowy region and is one of the setting's largest established cities, with a population of roughly 100,000. [heralds-b#164 · last-winter#325] Its count also governs the nearby town of Sunbell, and an important road runs from Iceverf to the capital of the Velfald Regency. [last-winter#21] The city is older than Rosewatch Spire and known for guards so devoted to order that they stand apart from most of the region's other troubles; their captain is Captain Thorsen. [heralds-a#29 · heralds-a#31] Sewer and cellar passages beneath the streets connect the living city to the ruins of Old Iceverf below. [heralds-b#444]
Needs a decision: Whether Iceverf is formally a county or a duchy[last-winter#21 · heralds-b#187]
History
Iceverf's late count set out on the road after a summons from Altia and died along the way; the noble council's refusal to risk an open-field war against the Winter Elves left the county's defenders penned inside the walls, and the harsh winter made travel unsafe for anyone. [heralds-b#166] With the count gone, his daughter took over the day-to-day running of the county amid the resulting instability. [heralds-b#148] Iceverf's current ruler is Countess Astrid Frostweave of House Frostweave, who inherited the title from her predecessor. [last-winter#99]
Needs a decision: Whether the count who died travelling to Altia is the same predecessor Astrid Frostweave inherited the county from[heralds-b#166 · last-winter#99]
The war has cost Iceverf ground: the Winter Elves have seized, or are trying to seize, the county, counted alongside neighbouring Swanhall among the war's losses. [heralds-b#178 · heralds-b#182 · heralds-b#186] Iceverf is also the home ground of the ancient knighthood of the Antler Knights. [last-winter#45]
Power and politics
Beneath its intact walls, Iceverf is hollowed out by the secret society Blackice, whose hidden den lies underneath the city near Graymond. [heralds-b#348 · heralds-b#359] Blackice claims to be protecting the region's "forgotten truth" — the belief that the Empire's legitimacy rests on selective memory, and that Iceverf should therefore never be properly governed. [heralds-b#397]
In play
The party has tracked thugs to a Blackice hideout in the sewer and cellar network beneath the city. [heralds-b#366] The Antler Knights patrol and train across Iceverf's glacial landscape. [last-winter#54 · last-winter#63 · last-winter#65] The Winter Elves are pressing a multi-front campaign to bring Iceverf down, opposed by the Spring Elves, the Frostwood Rangers, the Antler Knights, and Velfald troops. [heralds-b#187] The party has also reached the county by way of Snakepass and a sealed secret passage. [heralds-b#116] Ekrem has placed a bandit captain's home village near Iceverf, [last-winter#268] and the region is also said to hold a grimoire hidden inside a lost library, alongside a presence of both Blackice and the Tincrabs. [last-winter#376 · last-winter#382]
Beneath the city
Players, stop here. What is hidden behind this point is game-master material. The full detail is on GM:Iceverf.
Related pages
- Blackice — the secret society that hollows out Iceverf from beneath its streets.
- House Frostweave — the ruling house of the county.
- Astrid Frostweave — Iceverf's current countess.
- Velfald — the regency Iceverf belongs to.
- Antler Knights — the knightly order native to Iceverf.
- Old Iceverf — the ruined earlier city said to lie beneath the streets.
- Graymond — a landmark of the county, nearest Blackice's hidden den.
- Winter Elves — the invading force pressing on Iceverf's border.
Unconfirmed ideas
The source conversations contain proposals for Iceverf that the campaign owner never confirmed. They are collected on Idea:Iceverf so they cannot be mistaken for canon.