The Tundra

Covering over half of the land mass, the Tundra is inhospitable lands deemed far to dangerous to colonize. Relentless cold, harsh wind, and intense year-long snowfall plagues the barren lands south of the Frostbite mountains, the result being the lack of any united or large-scale civilization, only nomatic clans and tribes, comprised of exiles, prisoners, and - predominatley - the native race of Elves.

Besides small cave passages and gruelling mountain paths, the only way to cross from the Tundra into the warmer northern areas is through the a valley bottleneck, protected by Southward Castle.

After years of peace and relative inactivity, rumours have drifted into Southward of the mountain clans uniting under a single banner....