Winter

Winter Citizens

**General Information:**

The Winter Kingdom is one of the largest of the Four Seasons Kingdoms, and is ruled by King North and Queen Sapphire Midwinter. It's known to be the most disciplined of all the kingdoms and have some of the harshest landscapes. It is also home to the Ice Dwarves and is known for its population of ice dragons.

**Towns:**

*Kestramore*: The primary town of the remote Miyagell lands and location of Castle Everkeep, the ancestral home of the House Miyagell. It is currently governed by Lady Kiarra Miyagell.

*Ammil*: A small village very nearly sitting on the Winter-Spring boarder, it is often caught in a state of permanent thaw, just barely getting out of it before the area freezes over again from a stray Winter storm.  This is part of its allure, as it causes the plant life there to glitter with frost and a thin layer of clear ice, which covers every individual leaf and blade of grass. On a windy day, the frozen leaves clink together like wind-chimes, and the people there often dress in brighter, Spring-like colors to match their shimmery environment. They tend to sell fine carvings and furniture decorated with detailed patterns that blend the sharp edges of Winter and the curling vines of Spring.

**Cities:**

*Glacias*: A massive, sprawling city famed for its towering, impenetrable walls, Glacias is the capital city of the Winter Kingdom and where the main Winter Palace resides. Though Glacias doesn't *quite* beat Solandis in size or age, the legendary city *is* one of the oldest and largest cities within the world. Despite being located within the heart of Winter's desolate and frigid tundra, Glacias is a thriving cosmopolitan metropolis and actually one of the most diverse cities in the world. A stronghold that has endured for thousands of years, and who's legendary walls (the tallest walls of any city or fortress or stronghold in the world) have never been breached or fallen to siege, Glacias is a living testament to the determination, the ferocity, the bravery, and the strength of the Winter people.

Glacias is located about half a day's journey from the coast, yet the city's infamous towering walls are still visible from the seaside. Glacias is the beating heart at the centre of a network of sister cities, all within twenty or so miles of the royal city. The city is also ringed with suburban residential towns and villages in the lands outside of the city's imposing walls, as well as numerous taigas, evergreen forests, lakes, and agricultural communities that raise reindeer herds and farm or create other necessary supplies, often sent into the city.

The ancient capital of the Winter Kingdom is a top tourist destination, and the grand architecture, bustling city life, and atmosphere steeped in history and a long, time-honoured tradition has an allure that few can resist.

*Peiskos*: Consisting mainly of log cabins that have since been expanded on and adapted, Peiskos is a very active, friendly place full of hunters, farmers and blacksmiths. Positioned somewhere near the  Spring border and just edging along the ocean, they have many carefully crafted and brightly painted boats and ships, often depicting artists renditions of animals. The great hall and taverns are some of the most popular places to be there, and the citizens are often loud and friendly, if with a tendency to brawl that could make outsiders a bit nervous, given their size. Very rich in unique culture, it's a sight to see if passing through the area.

*Belsyre*: The capital of the vast House Borealis family lands, it's also where Belsyre Castle is located, famously known for being the birthplace of Grand Duchess Eirlys Borealis. The current Grand Duchess of Belsyre is Queen Sapphira Midwinter.

**Notable Places & Landmarks:**

*The Icebound Plains*: Sometimes called "a desert of ice and snow,” the Icebound Plains are a harsh, hostile enviroment, known for freak blizzards and mysterious, strange things happening there. Very few people or creatures live here, and those that do are known to be mysterious, strange, and dangerous. The Winter Kingdom citizens mostly avoid this place, just to be safe.

*The Crystal Plains*: The Crystal Plains is a vast landscape covered in ice, and snow so coarse and dry that it forms a perfect prism for the light from the sun which in turn allows it to reflect so much light that if you travel across it during the day you risk being permanently blinded or at least damaging your eyesight. The only safe way to travel is at night, because there is very little light.

*The Igloo Forest*: The Igloo Forest isn’t actually a forest, it’s a large swathe of land in the WK full of isolated, remote towns, villages, communities, and a few minor cities. The poorest residents of the WK usually live here.

*The Archduchy of Hailstone*: The territory of the Shallows family and currently overseen by Archdukes Vice, Tripp and Zane. It is known to have the least crime in all of Winter, because any attempt at shady activity is quickly discovered by Tripp, and mercilessly punished by Vice.

*The Geode Plains:* Remnants of an ancient supervolcano and/or ancient glacier, they are rich fields dotted with geodes from the size of pebbles to boulders.

*The White Order Citadel*

Home of the White Order

*The Sky Sanctum*

**Royalty**

**Queen:** Queen Sapphira Midwinter

**King:** King North Midwinter

**Princesses:**

Princess Diamond Midwinter

Princess Eira Midwinter

Princess Snowangel Midwinter

Princess Leopard Seal "Candy" Midwinter

Princess Aurora Midwinter

Princess Vera Carol Midwinter

**Princes:**

Prince Aubin Macan - Salju Midwinter

Prince Alaska Midwinter

Prince Aspen Midwinter

**Aristocrats:**

High Lady Namara Katamari

Kiarra Miyagell

Lady Frost Northwind

Lord Spruce Northwind

Lord Evergreen Whitewind

Archduke Vice Shallows

Archduke Tripp Shallows

Archduke Zane Shallows

High Lord Arctic Kaze

Lady Glisselda Westmoore

Lady Seraphina Riversweep

Lady Miliphrene Damasso

Lady Tasnim

Duchess Salvia Swift

Duke Barak Azamarr

Countess Adelaide Shadebrooke

**Guards:**

Blitzen Snowfall

Polar Samui

Lumikka Stryker

Lumikki Stryker

Sir Harley Mirage

Arial Noli

**Peasants:**

Blizzard

Arctic Kaze

Cannon Wingbeat