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- VI. SOSSAL
- A. Locales/Cities
- 1. The Ice Kingdom of Dareth [vanished dwarven realm] (FR11 p54-55) (DD p116)
- a. Mountains of Dareth (FR11 p54-55) (DD p116)
- b. Hoarfaern [white dragon realm w/ bestial servants] (DD p116) (FR11 p54-55) (RoF p34)
- c. Mt. Sundabar (FR11 p55)
- d. The Aerie of the Snow Eagles [on Mt Sundabar] (DD p116) (RoF p31) (PGtF p21) (DotR p35)
- e. Dareth citadel [ruins] (FR11 p55)
- f. Heroes’ Height (FR11 p55)
- 2. Naupau [trade city on Great Ice Sea] (Horde vol.1 p15, vol.2 p88)
- a. Sossarhim [name given to humans who live here] (Horde vol.2 p88)
- b. Empire of Raumathar extended here (Horde vol.1 p19) (Horde Ancient Empire map) (RoF p99)
- 3. Sundice (FR11 p64)
- 4. Hoarbridge (FR11 p54)
- 5. Ushar Mountains (GG map)
- 6. Ironspring Grove (Ruin p2)
- a. Sacred druid grove in Western Sossal (Ruin p2)
- B. Factions/NPCs
- 1. Winged Father Aquilan Greatspan, [avariel] (DD p116)
- 2. Men of the Red Kestrel [adventuring band] (FR11 p64)
- 3. Eldaerim [sponsors adventurers] (FR11 p64)
- 4. Anothaer [mage] (FR11 p64)
- a. Maintains a magical sending service to communicate with other mages across Faerun (FR11 p64)
- 5. Dabron Sashenstar [fighter 9] (GTotR p118)
- a. Explorer and trader, believed lost to an attack by Tuigan raiders (GTotR p118)
- 6. Stival Chergoba [ranger of Mielekki] (Ruin p1-11, 154,196-199,248-254)
- a. White dragon hunter (Ruin p1)
- b. Wears bearskin cloak, has gray eyes, armor made of white dragon scales (Ruin p1)
- 7. Madislak Pemsk [high druid of Mielekki] [deceased] (Ruin p1, 9-11,244)
- a. Leader of coven of 13 druids, stooped old man, blotchy skin, bald, ratty brown robe (Ruin p9-11)
- b. Killed by Zethrindor, a white dracolich (Ruin)
- 8. Natali Dormetsk [female archer] (Ruin p154,222,248-254)
- a. Owl wildshape ability (Ruin p154,222)
- b. Stress in battle sometimes makes features of her wildshape appear (Ruin p222)
- 9. Gant [warrior] (Ruin p232-233)
- C. Geography/Climate
- 1. Mountains of Dareth (DD p116) (FR11 p54-55)
- a. Divide the Great Glacier from the Great Ice Sea (FR11 p54)
- b. Hoarfaern in northern part of range (FR11 p55)
- c. Also called the Peaks of Cold Death to humans because of white dragons (FR11 p55)
- 2. Mt. Sundabar [in Dareth range] (FR11 p55)
- a. Named after dwarven city from where the dwarven rescuers originated (FR11 p55)
- b. Dareth citadel [ruins] (FR11 p55)
- c. Aerie of the Snow Eagles (DD p116) (RoF p31 has in Icerim Mountains) (DotR p35)
- d. Miniature jungle environment inside with a tropical clime (RoF p31-34) (DD p116)
- 3. Heroes’ Height (FR11 p55)
- 4. Armridge (FR11 p55)
- 5. Icerim Mountains (PGtF p28) (UE p17-18,130,189)
- 6. Rumored ‘warm’ lands surrounded by volcanoes can be found far north of the Icerim Mountains (UE p189)
- 7. Great Ice Sea forms eastern border (UE p189) (Horde) (FRA p7)
- a. Sossar Bay (GHotR p116) (FRA p7)
- 8. Northern Lights (Ruin p1)
- a. Green and purple lights seen in northern skies (Ruin p1)
- 9. Either shamans/druids or some other magic keep the land free of ice (GTotR p118)
- D. Politics/Laws
- 1. White Dragons seek to destroy any threats to their realm (RoF p34)
- a. Employ magical items of great force and unknown elder origin (FR11 p55)
- b. Fought against dwarves in the past, humans and avariels now (FR11 p55) (DD p116) (RoF p34)
- c. Sheared off the peak of Mt. Sundabar where the Dareth clan of dwarves had a citadel (FR11 p55) (DD p116)
- d. Also fought a great battle with the dwarves at Heroes’ Height (FR11 p55)
- 2. Avariels have sent diplomats into surrounding human nations (RoF p34) (DotR p35)
- 3. Sossrim have good relations with Rashemen (RoF p101)
- 4. To Sossrim, all dragons are bad (Ruin p156-157,161)
- E. Economics/Trade
- 1. Sossal maintains trading outposts on the Great Ice Sea (Horde vol.1 p61, vol.2 p88)
- 2. Naupau maintains a sizable fleet on the Great Ice Sea (Horde vol.2 p88)
- a. Naupau located on Sossar Bay (FRA p7)
- 3. Sossal trade ships have been seen in Calimshan, their captains are suspected to know secret shipping lanes through the ice of the Great Ice Sea (Horde vol.2 p88) (FRCS p231)
- 4. Naupau merchants buy tin from Herlinga dwarves (Horde vol.1 54)
- 5. Exports: Furs, seal meat, gold, fine wooden furniture (FRCS p111)
- 6. Imports: Weapons, silver, meats (FRCS p111)
- 7. Trade takes place in foreign lands, mostly in Damara
- 8. Sossar furniture brings premium prices (FRCS p111)
- 9. Mountains of Dareth hold rich veins of metal-bearing ores (FR11 p 54)
- 10. Humans and Dareth dwarves traded at Hoarbridge (FR11 p54)
- 11. Humans hunt and cut lumber (FR11 p55)
- 12. Avariel glassblowing is renowned (RoF p34)
- 13. Sossrim traders rarely seen elsewhere in Faerun other than Vaasa, and northern reaches of Damara, Narfell, and Rashemi (RoF p108)
- 14. Crowberry Wine (Ruin p154)
- 15. Trade is somewhat stagnant due to the ever present threat of a Tuigan raid on trade caravans (GTotR p118)
- F. Demographics
- 1. Avariels (DD p114-118) (Dragon #233 p15-22) (RoF p31-34) (PGtF p23) (DotR p35-36)
- a. +4 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom (RoF p32)
- b. Level adjustment +3 (RoF p32)
- c. Favor transmutation and conjuration magic (RoF p33)
- d. Experimenting with Divination magics to find lost or well-hidden Avariels (RoF p33)
- e. Invented Wings of Flying and possibly Winged Boots (RoF p33)
- f. Use glass where other races use metal, stone, and wood – have mastered glassteel (RoF p34) (DotR p35-36)
- g. Ranged weaponry is preferred and mithril armor (RoF p34) usually wear no armor (DotR p35) weapons made from glass or obsidian (DotR p35)
- h. Keep arrowhawks, griffons, and hippogriffs as guards of Aerie (RoF p34)
- i. Languages: Common, Elven, Auran, Damaran, Draconic, Giant, Rashemi, Tuigan, Sylvan (RoF p34) (PGtF p23)
- j. Feats: Artist, Education, Mind Over Body, Rapid Flight, Strong Soul, (RoF p34) Fearless (PGtF p23) Skills and proficiencies (DotR p35)
- k. Creation of Glassteel (CoV p65)
- l. Average 5’9” tall with 12’ to 18’ wingspans (DotR p35)
- m. Wing colors - white, gray, maroon, black, speckled; Skin and eye colors are much the same as moon or gold elves; Majority have white or black hair (DotR p35)
- n. In addition to normal elven abilities, avariel also have eyesight 100 times better than normal (DotR p35-36)
- o. Hunted by Red Wizards of Thay and by giants for their wings (DotR p36)
- 2. White Dragons (DD p116) (FR11 p54-55) (UE p130,189) (Ruin p1)
- 3. Elves (Horde vol.2 p93-94)
- 4. Shield Dwarves [red-bearded] (Horde vol.1 p54) (UE p8)
- a. Dwarven lorefinders (DotR p52-53) search for lost halls of Dareth
- 5. Arctic Dwarves (RoF p9-11)
- a. Along the shore of the Great Ice Sea (RoF p9)
- 6. Humans: ethnic breakdown: Sossrim 93%, Nar 5%, Ulutian 2% (RoF p111) (GTotR p117-118) (Ruin p2)
- a. Sossrim have natural druidic powers (FRCS p111) many can wildshape and do so to scout enemies (Ruin p105-106,154) very adept at camouflage in snow environment (GTotR p117)
- b. Sculpt wooden furniture with their minds (FRCS p111)
- c. Snow white skin, silver white hair (WaR p55) (GTotR p117) ice blue eyes, moon-blonde hair (WaP p 41,42) (RoF p108) (GTotR p117) (Ruin p2,160)
- d. Wear polar bear furs with intact head as a headcover (WaR p55) (Ruin p1) dress in all white clothing (GTotR p117) (Ruin p160) some wear white dragonscale armor (Ruin p161)
- e. Businesslike, direct and to-the-point demeanor (WaR p56)
- f. Fanatically hate white dragons, and don’t consider any dragons “good” (WaP p42) (Ruin p156-157,161) been at war with white dragons for as long as anyone can remember (Ruin p2) most attacks ever in 1373 (Ruin p2)
- g. Marry and have children at young age (WaP p43)
- h. Vulnerable to heat/fire based attacks (WaP p44)
- i. Dialect of common called Skaevrym, and speak Damaran (FRCS p85) (RoF p108,111)
- j. Use Dethek alphabet (RoF p108,111)
- k. Complete adaptation to arctic environment (RoF p108)
- j. Height and weight (PGtF p32)
- 7. Drow are rumored to inhabit the underdark below the Icerim Mountains (UE p8)
- G. Flora/Fauna/Monsters
- 1. Sosser [horse breed] (Horde – loose stat sheet) (CoV p156)
- a. Resistant to cold environs (CoV p156)
- 2. Ghost Rothe (FRCS p314)
- 3. High Rothe (FRCS p314)
- 4. Giant Eagles (RoF p34)
- a. Allies of Avariel – inhabit same places (RoF p34)
- 5. Taer (PGtF p28,30) (UE p9,14-15,41, 72-74,130,189)
- a. Bands of taer found in Icerim Mountains (PGtF p28) (UE p14-15,41, 72- 74,130,189)
- b. Automatic Languages [Icerim taer]: Common,Giant; Bonus: Auran, Damaran, Dwarven, Rashemi, Tuigan (PGtF p30) (UE p41)
- c. Regional Feats [Icerim taer]: Battle Jump, Bullheaded, Survivor (PGtF p30) (UE p41,42)
- d. Favored class: Barbarian, some druids and rangers (UE p9,41)
- e. Attributes: +4 Str, +2 Con, -4 Int, -2 Cha (UE p9)
- 6. Frost Giants inhabit the Icerim Mountains (UE p48,130,189)
- 7. Frost worms [Icerim Mountains] (UE p130,189)
- 8. Encounter tables for the Icerim Mountains (UE p91)
- 9. Mar-zhugal [demon/troll hybrid] [Icerim] (UE p79,91,116)
- 10. Ice Trolls [Icerim] (UE p78-79,91)
- 11. Fell Trolls [Icerim] (UE p77-78,91)
- 12. Bheur [ice hag] [Icerim] (UE p91)
- 13. Thomil [Icerim] (UE p91)
- 14. Blue-leaf Tree (Ruin p3)
- H. Dieties/Temples
- 1. Aerdrie Faenya (DD p114-118) (RoF p31-34) (PGtF p23) (DDaD p10) (Ruin p201)
- a. The Aerie of the Snow Eagles (DD p116) (RoF p31)
- b. Led for 500 years by Aguilan Greatspan [fighter/cleric/divine disciple/hierophant 4/12/5/1] (DD p116) (RoF p31)
- c. Avariel are deeply religious (RoF p33)
- d. Sacred animals are tressrym, birds, and swarms (DDaD p10)
- e. Sacred monsters are aarakocras, aasimar, air elementals, androsphinxes, avoral celestials, cloud giants, djinn, griffons, hippogriffs, lammasus, lillends, pegasi, pixies, silver dragons, and storm giants (DDaD p10)
- f. Sacred gems/precious metals are hornbill ivory, sapphire and turquoise (DDaD p10)
- g. Sacred color is sky blue (DDaD p10)
- h. Other manifestations are strong winds, rainshowers, and storms (DDaD p10)
- 2. Auril (RoF p108) (PGtF p30) (DDaD p10)
- a. Sossrim worship a benign aspect (RoF p108)
- b. Taer (PGtF p30) (UE p14-15)
- 3. Loviatar (PGtF p30)
- a. Taer (PGtF p30) (UE p14-15)
- 4. Taer also worship deities from the giant pantheon: Grolantor and Thrym (UE p14- 15)
- 5. Mielekki (Ruin p5,9-11,108)
- a. Worshipped by the druids and rangers of Sossal (Ruin p5,9-11)
- 6. Lathander (Ruin p185)
- a. Sossrim honor Lathander (Ruin p185)
- I. Classes
- 1. Wizards (WaR p54-56)
- a. Uses nature as energy souce (WaR p56)
- b. Shapechangers (WaR p56)
- c. Vulnerable to fire/heat damage (WaR p56)
- d. Any armor they wear is painted white (WaP p42)
- e. Camoflauge themselves by dropping in snow (WaR p54-56) (WaP p43)
- 2. Fighters (WaP p41-44) can affect weather on a large scale, cursed Sossal with a fierce premature winter preceding the War in 1373 (Ruin p106)
- a. Unparalleled in arctic survival and cold-weather combat (WaP p41)
- b. Muscular build (WaP p42)
- c. Slow to laugh, slow to trust – “As cold as the snow that hides them” (WaP p42)
- d. Cold-hearted pragmatists (WaP p42)
- e. Bonuses to any roll involving cold or dragons (WaP p43)
- f. Have natural “pass without trace” ability (WaP p43)
- g. Must slay a white dragon to become a respected warrior (WaP p44)
- 3. Fighters, rangers, bladesingers, wizards, multi-class clerics and Clerics [avariels] (RoF p31-34)
- 4. Runecasters [frost giant] (UE p48)
- 5. Druids (Ruin p1-11,108)
- a. Groups of druids called ‘covens’ in Sossal (Ruin p1)
- b. Ironspring Grove one location of worship in Western Sossal (Ruin p2)
- c. Druidic worship dominates divine classes in Sossal (Ruin p195)
- d. Druidic promises: “Swear by the oak and the unicorn’s horn” (Ruin p238) “By the unicorn” (Ruin p248)
- 6. Clerics (Ruin p195)
- a. Rare (Ruin p195)
- 7. Rogues [Lorefinders, dwarven] (DotR p52-53)
- J. Canon Plots/Adventures
- 1. Auril vs. Aerdrie Faenya (DD p114)
- 2. Finding ancient Dareth dwarven metalwork artifacts (FR11 p54-55,64) (DotR p52)
- 3. Discover the reasons that the Ice Kingdom vanished (FR11 p54-55)
- a. War with the white dragon realm Hoarfaern (FR11 p54-55) (DD p116)
- b. Traded with Sossrim for years then one spring “came no more” (FR11 p54-55)
- 4. Finding ancient Dareth mines (FR11 p54-55) (DotR p52-53)
- 5. White dragons at war with Avariels
- K. Miscellaneous
- 1. Marriage is matrilineal (Ed Greenwood post on candlekeep.com)
- 2. Sossrim is given name of people who reside in Sossal (Poly #74, Greenwood)
- 3. Sossar is given name of items that are made in Sossal (Poly #74, Greenwood)
- 4. Great Ice Sea [also called Yal Tengri] (Horde) (UE p189)
- a. Forms eastern border of Sossal (Horde)
- 5. Sossrim perform “mercy killings” on injured and infirmed (WaP p42)
- 6. Rumors of skyships (Dragon #124 p.18-20)
- 7. First King of Dareth was Orloebar Snowbeard (FR11 p54)
- 8. Embryn Shatteredshield - King at the Dareth citadel on Mt Sundabar (FR11 p55)
- 9. Ice Kingdom of Dareth was founded 4000 years ago, settled by dwarves from Mulhorand and Unther (FR11 p54)
- 10. Dareth clan – “Sign of the Realm” rune is a row of three mountain peaks with a stone hammer, head to the right, horizontal above them, almost unknown today (FR11 p55)
- 11. Dareth dwarven metalworks are of exquisite design (FR11 p64)
- 12. Sossrim mercenaries fought in the armies of Mulhorand during the Orcgate Wars (RoF p108)
- 13. Briefly fell under Raumathar sway at height of its empire but mainly been isolated and independent (RoF p108)
- 14. Sossrim fought a war against the Ice Queen and an army of white dragons in 1373 (Ruin p1-11, 105-111, 154-161,192-199,203-210,220-253)
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