Iyraclea Iyraclea , or simply the Ice Queen , was a female human cleric , divine disciple , and hierophant of Auril the Frostmaiden living within the Great Glacier . Ancient and mighty , she was the self - proclaimed Ice Queen of the glacier . She was the Chosen of Auril by 1373 DR . History . Formerly of Halruaa , Iyraclea settled in the Great Glacier some time before the 6th century DR , proclaiming herself to be the most powerful cleric of Auril even then and styling herself " the Ice Queen " . In time , she constructed an ice castle and assembled a monstrous army , including some ice devil s . Eventually , out of Myth Ondath , a city renowned for peace and harmony between races , came explorers who provoked the rage of the Ice Queen . She sent her armies against the pacifist city countless times , but the magical defenses of the " mythal " always turned aside her spells . Seeking a way to bypass these wards , she learned of a powerful artifact from another plane . Apparently with the assistance of Auril herself , Iyraclea stole the " Gatekeeper ' s Crystal " from the hands of the Gatekeeper in the Outlands . In Eleint of the Year of Burning Skies , 632 DR , she sent an army commanded by the lich Vrandak the Burnished , her greatest general , to lay siege to Myth Ondath for one final assault . She also raised great winter storms that lashed the city throughout the year , in an attack called the Ice Queen ' s Winter . Auril , pleased , granted her more powerful cold magic and Iyraclea ' s might became known far and wide . The Great Glacier itself began to swell . In the Year of Chasms , 633 DR , after an 11 - month - long siege , Iyraclea sent Vrandak to sneak into the city . Using two pieces of the " Gatekeeper ' s Crystal " , Vrandak nullified the Eldath yn priests ' power to turn undead as well as all necromantic magic for 50 miles ( 80 kilometers ) . Together , Iyraclea and Vrandak used the whole " Gatekeeper ' s Crystal " to destroy the city of Myth Ondath , including its " mythal " . However , the power of the artifact was too great and Iyraclea ' s army and her general Vrandak also vanished during the destruction , and the pieces of the " Gatekeeper ' s Crystal " were scattered and lost . In the Year of Rogue Dragons , 1373 DR , Sammaster , master of the Cult of the Dragon , who had triggered a premature Rage of Dragons that year , proposed an alliance to Iyraclea , and she agreed . Sammaster sent to her the white dragon dracolich Zethrindor and a host of dragon s . Zethrindor helped Iyraclea to conquer all the Great Glacier and afterward they marched over Sossal . The conquest of the druid ic nation proceeded well until Brimstone approached Zethrindor , whispering that Iyraclea plotted to betray Sammaster with power hidden in ruins in the Novularond Mountains . Soon , the white dracolich went to the ruins hoping to achieve that power for himself . Iyraclea also discovered that information and marched to the same location . Dorn Graybrook ' s adventuring party arrived at the ruins , and a terrible three - sided - battle broke out . Zethrindor killed the Ice Witch during the fighting . After Iyraclea ' s death , Auril elevated her to become one of her exarch s and set her to work foiling the plots of Akadi ' s spies within the Land Under Eternal Ice . Personality . Iyraclea was almost the personification of the goddess Auril ' s cold fury . Description . Iyraclea had long golden - hued hair . Her eyes had the color of moonlit snow ; Elminster considered her one of only six women he ' d known to have eyes of this hue . Her skin bore gray and white sigils of Auril ' s holy symbol . Activities . Iyraclea was the ruler of the Great Glacier . Serving Auril ' s demands , she made ceaseless assaults on the land of Sossal . Around 1372 DR , Iyraclea was known for her habit of using magic to kidnap healthy young wizard s from Sossal , Damara , and Vaasa , for an unknown but no doubt evil purpose . Some wondered if she stole their life essences to extend her own unnatural lifespan , while others feared she was building an army of mages , who served her through loyalty or some form of coercion . Others dreaded that she was harnessing their magical power to extend the Great Glacier into the Cold Lands once more . Iyraclea was very interested in discovering the lost giant civilization of Jhothûn , which was thought to be buried somewhere below the Great Glacier . One of her gelugon servants , Tosvin , had actually discovered a portal leading to one of the cities of Jhothûn , but he kept his discovery from her . Abilities . As a high - ranking cleric , she wielded great divine magic , commanding the domains of Air , Storm , and Water . She created a few mighty spell s of her own : " cold claws " , " ice fist " , and " icerazor " . She once used a " miracle " to make herself utterly immune to the effects of cold . As a divine disciple of Auril , she was resistant to divine magic and the magic of outsider creatures ; she could communicate telepathically with all outsiders that either served her goddess or were neutral evil , to a distance of 60 feet ( 18 meters ) ; and could grant the use of her spells to her servants . Furthermore , she had transcended her natural form to become an outsider , a creature of the divine , herself , becoming resistant to fire and electricity , able to ward herself with " protection from good " , and highly influential with fellow followers of Auril . As a hierophant , her spell s were more powerful , her negative energy spells were more potent against neutral good beings , and her arm ' s - reach spells could hit foes up to 30 feet ( 9 meters ) away . Furthermore , she could cast " cone of cold " and " ice storm " innately , a few times a day . She was somehow unnaturally long - lived . In addition to her skills as a priestess , spell - wielder , and a ruler , she was also a capable warrior , an expert in wilderness lore and a survival , and a crafter of magical weapons and armors . Possessions . Iyraclea bore a " staff of frost " , though it lacked the " wall of frost " power . She went into battle wielding a " + 3 icy burst battleaxe " , " + 5 mighty icy burst composite shortbow " with " + 5 arrow s " , carrying " + 5 moderate fortification large steel shield " , and wearing " + 5 fire resistance full plate " . She also wore a " ring of evasion " and a " ring of freedom of movement " , an " amulet of natural armor + 3 " , a " cloak of resistance + 2 " , and a " periapt of wisdom + 6 " . She also owned and made use of a " rod of absorption " , a " rod of flame extinguishing " , and a " minor circlet of blasting " . A holy book of the Church of Auril , " Revelations of the Icedawn " , was directly bestowed upon Iyraclea by her goddess and was kept in her possession . Base . Iyraclea dwelt in or beneath a castle of sculpted ice lying somewhere in the northernmost part Great Glacier , but few ever saw it and lived to speak of it . Relations . The Ice Queen was served by a number of ice devil s , or gelugon s , known as the " Icy Claws of Iyraclea " . Elminster once knew Iyraclea . He considered her as one candidate for Augury 14 of the Caleph Auguries , telling of a woman with eyes of moonlit snow , whose anger would cause pain to the land , but he doubted she would destroy the Realms .