Glacial Rift

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The Glacial Rift is a **zone** found through exploring the Wasteland, once the Champion has discovered the **Swamp**, reached level 10 and passed 48 days.

Anzu, a bird deity, is currently inhabiting the lands, along with Yetis, Valkyries and the Frost Giants.

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> **Ingame Description:**
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> You walk for some time, roaming the hard-packed and pink-tinged earth of the demon-realm of Mareth. As you progress, a cool breeze suddenly brushes your cheek, steadily increasing in intensity and power until your clothes are whipping around your body in a frenzy. Every gust of wind seems to steal away part of your strength, the cool breeze having transformed into a veritable arctic gale. You wrap your arms around yourself tightly, shivering fiercely despite yourself as the hard pink dirt slowly turns to white; soon you’re crunching through actual snow, thick enough to make you stumble with every other step. You come to a stop suddenly as the ground before you gives way to a grand ocean, many parts of it frozen in great crystal islands larger than any city.
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> **You’ve discovered the Glacial Rift!**
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## Encounters

* Frost Giant(Level 89)
* Valkyrie (Level )
* Yeti (Level 76)
* Amarok
* An ornate chest that adds 4 extra storage slots to the Champion's Camp stash. One time only.
* Winter Wolf (Level 99)
* Glacial Troll Male (Level 94)
* Glacial Troll Female (Level 94)
* True Ice Golem (Level 80)

### Night Only

* Wendigo (Level 84)
* Yuki Onna (Level 71)

## Non-Combat Encounters

### Snowsurfing

The player encounters Yu for the first time as she snowboards past.

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<*"You see a white blurry shape moving at high speed down a nearby mountain towards you. At first, you think it’s an avalanche then you realise it’s a woman with a blue scarf and a pair of goggles, surfing on a wooden board.*

*“WOOOOOOO! YU BEST SNOWSURFER IN DA WORLD!!!!!!!!”*

*Yeah, it’s definitely a woman. At first, you mistook her for a human but what you thought was a pair of fur gloves and boots turns out to be her hands and feet. She surfs right by you then stops, making a U-turn in your direction.*

*“Hey, Yu not seen outsider in long time! What outsider’s doing in rift? Is outsider tourist trying to catch cold?”*

*She points at your apparent lack of equipment for the season.*

*“Tourist lucky! Yu owner to small shop of winter gear. Outsider go to Yu cave if wants gear to properly wander around in snow.”*

*Yu laughs, grabs her board and walks away. You guess gearing up for the area wouldn’t be a dumb idea."*

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### Anzu's Palace

The player discovers Anzu's Palace as they seek refuge from a particularly dangerous blizzard. Anzu's Palace can now be reliably visited from Places.

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*"Wandering across the snow and forest covered hills of the Rift, you continue to travel without finding anything of interest. Without warning, a torrential gust of wind nearly blows you over. Taking a moment to orient yourself, you catch your footing, only to see the makings of a blizzard flying in upon the wind. Thinking fast, you search for a place for refuge. A nearby hill covered in thick pines catches your eye. It’s far from ideal, but better than nothing.*

*When the blizzard settles down, you look towards the horizon, where an exceptionally large hill which you haven’t seen before catches your attention. It looks completely normal, being covered with a forest of snowy pines, but has a strange detail: something that looks like a building is jutting out on one of its sides.*

*Bewildered, you decide to approach the hill to see it more clearly, holding your Aether (Dex) incase something comes out from the hills. You walk for awhile towards your goal, only to find that the hill in question is farther than you thought. After another hour, your suspicions are confirmed. There’s a building located near the hill’s summit surrounded by a forest. Even from hundreds of meters away it looks like some kind of palace, probably built for giants given its dimensions. Judging by the state of the building, it’s probably inhabited.*

*That’s when you realize that, with the distance you have already walked, you haven’t encountered any enemies. If the palace is inhabited by giants or valkyries, why aren’t there any guards patrolling around it? It’s possible that whatever lives inside could be dangerous enough to scare everything else away from this location."*

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### Discarded Treasure

The player spots an item lying in the snow, seemingly discarded. The item can be:

* A pint of God's Mead

### A Figure in the Blizzard

While exploring the glacial rift at night, the player encounters someone, seemingly lost in a heavy blizzard.

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>  *As you explore the rift, you hear an unsettling scream in the far distance. Unsure about what that was you keep going along your current path until the scream happens again somewhat closer now. Now persuaded that something is stalking you, you look around for your opponent.*
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>  *Not too far away, a feminine figure clad with a fur coat approaches you. You know better than to trust a random wanderer, especially in the middle of such an inhospitable land. Initially, you assume it to be a human girl who got lost in the snow, her voice pleading for help. She sounds miserable. Should you help her?*
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Choosing to help her can lead to two outcomes:

#### Yeti Child

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>  *You walk steadily toward the lost girl to offer her support.*
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>  *Closing in you realize it’s a young yeti, she’s trying her damn best to look for her home in the snowstorm but got lost all on her own. It’s likely that if someone doesn’t help her she won’t make it back home alive, what with all the monsters out there.*
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>  *You escort the girl until you find some help, Luckily for you finding Yu shop fairly easily thanks to all the wooden signs she left around. Yu is very surprised to see you arrive with the child.*
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>  *“Yu amazed Elaith, Elaith found this kid in the blizzard and brought her all the way here? Most never come back home. Come with Yu child, Yu will make you some warm food and once storm is over we look for parent.”*
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>  *Thankful, Yu gives you a few gems for your trouble. Guess being nice pays off sometimes?*
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#### Horrific Creature

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>  *You walk steadily toward the lost girl to offer her support.*
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The Champion is now fighting a Wendigo.

## One-time Encounters

### Ornately Decorated Chest

While exploring the Glacial Rift, the player discovers a wooden chest, filled with gems and half-buried in the snow. Bringing it back to their camp, they now have an additional four slots of storage in their stash.

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*"While you’re minding your own business, you spot an ornately-decorated chest somewhat buried in the snow. You walk on the snowy grounds you finally reach the chest. As you open the chest, you find 719 gems inside the chest! You pocket the gems and haul the chest home. It looks nice and would make a good storage."*

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