Reghed Glacier

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The Reghed Glacier was a glacial wasteland north of the Spine of the World. The region was so desolate and isolated that few travelers dared to cross near its eastern border, let alone venture atop its icy facade. The Reghed barbarians of Icewind Dale took their name from this glacier.
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47 #TrialsOfTheFrostmaiden Vellynne Harpell entered the trial of Isolation. Crank soon followed. A blink of the eye later, they were in the middle of the tundra with glacier ice ahead of them and a small band of Reghed nomads at its foot. The remainder of the party followed. Tetro noted the aurora was out, and while marching forward took note of the stars to determine they were by his accounts near Reghed Glacier. Gadget noted that above their heads floated a translucent snowflake - the symbol of the Frostmaiden.
47 #TrialsOfTheFrostmaiden Vellynne Harpell entered the trial of Isolation. Crank soon followed. A blink of the eye later, they were in the middle of the tundra with glacier ice ahead of them and a small band of Reghed nomads at its foot. The remainder of the party followed. Tetro noted the aurora was out, and while marching forward took note of the stars to determine they were by his accounts near Reghed Glacier. Gadget noted that above their heads floated a translucent snowflake - the symbol of the Frostmaiden.
45 #FourGodsofFury The treasury of the Temple of the Four Gods housed a room dedicated to each of the four, within which several treasures and plenty of gold was uncovered. Upon opening all four doors, the main chamber deepened. A hall with old paintings was revealed, their pigment smudged but shockingly well-preserved, revealing the temple as it was an eon ago on the shores of taiga turning tundra with views of Reghed Glacier in the distance. Another painting depicted perhaps an older scene, with humanoids prostrating themselves before giant kin of several colors and statures with a view of a floating island in the distance. Besides the artwork, a bag on a pedastal laid prominently in the room. Despite their fears around traps, the satchel was revealed to be a bag of holding. Inside it were leftover jotun glowrune pigments.
42 #Solstice #TheForgottenRealm Vellynne continued to explain her proposal. Together, they could venture to Solstice Isle, the moving isle of Auril and her cult, and take from within it an incantation from the Codicil of White, teachings passed from generation to generation of Frostmaiden worshippers. This incantation was the key, she admitted, to undoing the barrier at Reghed Glacier. Past the frozen waterfall was where Ythryn slept, and together they could uncover its secrets. It was win-win, she said.
39 #TheRimeoftheFrostmaiden #Kulduhar Azgul, accompanied by Oona and Fern, sought out Vellynne Harpell. The necromancer was seen packing her sled with the help of a zombie Bartaban. She was heading to the tundra to investigate a nagging thought. Something felt wrong with the Weave, she admitted. The cold was colder and the Dawn did not stir in her magical equipment as it should. The party recognized a similar passing, as their Boon of Lathander had diminished with time. In a previous travel, she and Azgul II, who had since turned into black ooze, encountered a frost salamander. Such a creature was native to the Plane of Ice, not of the Prime Material Plane. The party too had fought one of these, back in the Lost Spire. They had also been thrown briefly into the Plane of Ice itself, when Varrin Axebreaker attempted to use a Cubic Gate. When asked about Kuldahar, Vellynne encouraged them to go. The Great Oak was known to be a wellspring of divination magic. Perhaps its druids could see what was wrong with the Weave in Icewind Dale. Sharing now between them that the Reghed Glacier held the entrance to Ythryn, she revealed that the key to crack the rimed waterfall, whatever that key exactly was, was likely held on Solstice Isle. Vellynne would like to band together to head to retrieve this key.
24 #Prisoner237 #RevelsEnd As the prison entered lockdown, the party took the opportunity to talk to Vaelish Gant directly. Azgul got the pompous wizard to talk about his misdeeds - how he masked himself as a merchant and served as Duvessa Shane's aide in Bryn Shander before he tried to overthrow the local government. He was not only imprisoned because of this stunt, but the Arcane Brotherhood had turned their back on him as well. Vaelish still insisted he would've been great for Ten Towns. The best, even. Regardless, Vaelish had learned a thing or two in his time in the north. First, ten years back Auril had a Chosen, a Reghed woman named Hedrun who was dubbed as the Ice Witch. Hedrun had amassed chardalyn weaponry and converted barbarians into a frenzied cult to attack Ten Towns and cow its peoples into worship of Auril. Adventurers had thwarted her at her tower of black ice near the sea Second, during this time Vaelish's study of Hedrun and Auril's cults revealed the presence of a frozen waterfall at the Reghed Glacier. The frozen fall marked the entrance into the depths and a passage to the Netherese ruins of Ythryn.