Lodhyr

The northernmost lands of Verh'Un are named Lodhyr. A cold, unforgiving place with great pine forests spread across the land, with snow and ice a daily sight. The lands are both hilled and mountainous, with many miles of coastline.

## Goliath

The inhabitants of Lodhyr are tribes of different races. The Goliath make a definitive presence, their tribes ruling much of the mainland of Lodhyr. Their tribes inhabit the mountains and tundras. They live in hordes 100 to 500 Goliath strong.

Golaith are a tall and well built, hairless race. They live in hordes, ranging anywhere from 100 to 500 Goliath. Each horde is led by a warcheif, who is chosen by fighting for the leadership to the death. Druids are a respected part of the hordes as well, though there are usually only 2 or 3 of them.

Goliath live within a ruthless culture, they show no mercy to any who survive their raids, and never take prisoners. If a member of a horde shows weakness, they subjected to a series of beatings and maiming by the rest of the horde and are left on their own, with nothing on them. If any Goliath survives such event and lonely journey, they show they are strong enough to be part of the horde, and are allowed to return.

The hordes have no distinction of male or female roles. Every member, regardless of sex or gender, has equal oppertunities of becoming any role they wish to, be it warrior, druid, caretaker, builder or something else. All Goliath shave all their hair, both body and head, so nothing ever impairs their ability to do combat. It is however accepted for females to wear dreadlocks, though they rarely choose to do so. Druids are excluded from living hairless, having the privilage to wear any hairstyle they desire.

Goliath never dabble in the arcane arts, as they feel that is is a foul act. They believe in spirits, including nature spirits. While arcane and divine magic does not exist in hordes, druidic and other nature magic is seen as a gift to be cherished.

The hordes have only one natural ally; Giants. Sharing their language and habitat, they learned to coexist together after many years of constant struggle between them. The 'alliance' has been established hundreds of years ago, never hindered since. The Goliath are especially accustomed to frost giants.

Becoming ally with the Giants, the Goliath now share their natural enemy, Dragons. Over the years, they've come to resent any creature with draconic heritage or origin, including Kobolds and Dragonborn. Many Goliath would attack to kill such creatures on sight.

## Savages

The open waters are ruled by diverse seafaring raiding clans. Perceived as savages by most, they survive in extremely cold conditions. Many in the local regions refer to them as Ice Pirates. Their presence makes exploration and trade over open waters incredibly dangerous.

These savages lack any kind of organisation, often fighting each other for whatever scraps they find. Cannibalism is a consistent source of emergency food for them, and nothing is wasted. Their use of language has devolved to an incoherrent dialect of Common and Giant, completely unintelligable by either users of Common or Giant.

The main source of food and materials of these savages comes from fishing the frozen sea. Some established permanent villages on the islands of Lodhyr, living a relatively more peaceful life, though always at risk of raids of the ice pirates.

## Durh'Khal

There is a legend of a sunken island of Drow, where the sun was once blackened by their magic. Nothing remains but a giant floating fortress of ships named **Durh'Khal**, built by Drow pirates and slavers. The fortress has long since left Lodhyr, never staying in one region for long.

Some scholars believe that the Drow island was attacked by a human nation, hundreds of years ago. The conflict ended with the sinking of the island, and a curse befalling the humans. The Ice Pirates are believed to be the last remnants of this nation.

## Pengaroo Island

The tiny, most northern island is inhabited by penguins and artic kangaroos that have developed a currency based on cookies and have been fighting for control over it. The climate is surprisingly warmer, enhanced by a magical aura placed upon the island long ago.

Legend holds that two powerful, mad wizards worked together to create this island and it's inhabitants, long ago. They worked from the neighbouring island. The legend of these wizards and the island is known as the Pengaroo War.