Icicle Inn

Icicle Inn, also known as Icicle Lodge, is a town in Final Fantasy VII and Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-. It is located in the snow fields of the northern continent of the planet, in an area referred to by the Cetra as the Knowlespole.
== History ==
For a time, Professor Gast Faremis and Ifalna, a Cetra, lived in the town to hide from Shinra Electric Power Company. Ifalna told Gast about the Cetra and their ways and clears up that Jenova is not a Cetra, but the calamity that destroyed their race. The two fell in love and had a daughter together, Aerith Gainsborough, on February 7, 1985. Their time together was cut short when Professor Hojo led a Shinra force to capture them, 20 days later.
In Episode 7 of Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-, during January 14, 0002, two SOLDIERs, Essai and Sebastian, were kidnapped by Avalanche and Verdot ordered two player Turks to find out what happened. The Turks made their way to an Avalanche base where Fuhito is waiting. He ordered one of his Ravens, named Tierce, after the Turks. The Turks found and rescued the SOLDIERs from capsules where the Ravens were being produced. As the Turks tried to leave, Tierce attacked. Though the Turks beat him several times, Tierce keeps on getting up. Fuhito killed Tierce for being too weak and turned his gun on the player Turks, who fought him. They were rescued by the appearance of a third player Turk, who drove a truck through the wall.
The next Episode, two days later, President Shinra ordered in a SOLDIER 1st Class, Zack Fair, to help destroy the Avalanche base with help from the Turks. During the mission Essai and Sebastian were separated from the player Turk and Zack. Kyneugh, another Raven, captured Essai and Sebastian. Zack and the player Turk rushed into the Avalanche base and try to rescue the two and along the way, Zack killed Kyneugh. Essai and Sebastian were too far gone in the transformation into Ravens and needed to be defeated, and the SOLDIERs died in Zack's arms. Fuhito and all the important Avalanche materials had already been evacuated, so he blew the base up to cover his tracks.
In Final Fantasy VII, during "Beyond the Snow Fields" taking place December 0007, Cloud Strife and his party passed through Icicle Inn while chasing after Sephiroth. The party explored the town, and found Professor Gast's video research of his work with Ifalna. Unable to pass to the North Crater, they resorted to obtianing a snowboard from a boy who broke his leg on one. Before the party left, the Turk Elena appeared, blaming Cloud for Tseng's injuries. Cloud dodged Elena's roll, and the party snowboarded down to the Great Glacier and Gaea's Cliff.
In Final Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story, Evan Townshend visited Icicle Inn while investigating his missing mother Annette Townshend. The inn's owner, an elderly woman named Wendy, explained that many men in black robes had arrived in the area prior to Meteorfall. The lifestream erupting from the planet also left large rifts, making traveling north dangerous on foot.
== Geography ==
Icicle Inn is located west on the northern continent of the planet. The area was referred to by the Cetra as the "Knowlespole". To the north is the Great Glacier, and to the south is Modeoheim (which only appears in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-).
The year-round cold temperatures are not due to the location, which is somewhat polar, but because of the town's proximity to the North Crater, where the planet uses a large amount of spirit energy to try to heal itself. As a result of the year-round temperatures, the village serves as a tourist resort, with some tourists hailing from Costa del Sol for snowboarding.
The town is relatively small, comprising only a few wooden houses somewhat resembling alpine buildings. Aside from the tourists, and Gast and Ifalna's hideout, the town has a small number of residents.
== Gameplay ==
=== Final Fantasy VII ===
Icicle Inn is visited first during "Beyond the Snow Fields", on the way to the next objective, Gaea's Cliff. Aside from a brief story sequence where Elena tries to punch Cloud and the player must dodge to react in time, the main objective in the town is to find a snowboard and a map in order to proceed forward. Aside from this, there are also optional dialogue scenes where the player can view Gast and Ifalna's conversations in Gast's house.
The snowboarding minigame is later available in the Gold Saucer's Wonder Square with new features, as the Snow Game.
== Musical themes ==
"Buried in the Snow" plays in Icicle Inn.
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade ===
== Behind the scenes ==
The weapon shop has an enlarged Black Materia model at the top of the stairs, which cannot be accessed in a normal playthrough. The model serves no purpose in the scene, and, as the object is named "goods" in the scene data, it may have been intended to be used as a representation of the shop's wares that was never fully implemented into the game. The chest in the bottom left corner of the shop, which cannot be opened in the game, also has a version where it is open.
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