Snows' Wyrding

Snows' Wyrding is an open-air temple and living space built by Trench (character) at the behest of the eastern wastes. Upon arriving at the desolate location, Trench recognized it from their dreams and endeavoured to build a empire of ice out of the snow, and cultivate a thick and winding forest around the location. This is not an empire of people, but rather one of sleet and snow, as an actualized embodiment of the elements of the tundra.

It is currently composed of a base level outwatch, leading up to several wooden platforms high in the mountains. An open-air shrine is full of literature dedicated to studying the wastes and documenting their travels. There is a simple house of three floors (attic, main floor and storage freezer), a defunct mineshaft and smelting forge, and a chicken coop built to take heat from the forge. A sanitorium is planned, to assist those who lose themselves to ice sickness in the eastern wastes.

Surrounding the mountain is a thick, dense forest of spruce trees, growing higher than ever seen on the continent. The snow is deep and both people and animals alike struggle to pass through. Sometimes, while walking through the forest, strange musical notes can be heard on the air.

##### Members

Snows' Wyrding is not a nation inasmuch as it is a maintained and manned temple. Currently, the only member is Trench (Allion laux Cage). Those who wish to walk the way of the wastes are welcome, but are required to survive a blizzarding trial before they too are capable of hearing the voice of the tundra.

## Snows' Wyrding

##### Geography

Snows' Wyrding is built atop an ice spire mountain, east of the capital and deep within the snowy lands which house Everguard and Hyrellion.

### International Relations

##### Enemies

None. Snows' Wyrding is not a nation, and will not engage with the squabbles of others unless either their sacred land is threatened, or there is a threat to the greater eastern wastes.

##### Allies

Snows' Wyrding is non-violent by default, and will gladly welcome travellers into their temple even if those travellers are not interested in following the Wyrding way. They will provide food and shelter free of cost to those who may need it, and will also provide more unusual gifts if they are compelled to do so. The most common offerings from the ice are rabbit's feet and a thick, heady red liquid distilled from sweet berries and the sap of more ancient spruce trees. These gifts may spoil if there is malintent in those who receive them.

One may make a pact with Snows' Wyrding by burning certain offerings in the pit fire found in the cave inside the Wyrding forest. These offerings should be burned alongside a request. There seems to be little consistency in which offerings are accepted and which are rejected. If a pact is rejected, the requester will wake up to find their items returned alongside an overwhelming heap of spoiled refuse. If a pact is accepted, they may find themselves visited by a representative of the eastern wastes, or will simply find their request fulfilled.

##### Production

Snows' Wyrding, situated out in the frozen tundra, does not have extensive agricultural production. Their primary food sources are composed of sweet berries harvested from the forest, mushrooms grown in subterranean caverns, the occasional surviving pumpkin, and chickens, who are small enough to be housed inside a chicken coop built atop the Tundra Forge, keeping them warm and sheltered from the elements.

Snows' Wyrding produces two main beverages -- a long-aged pseudo-wine referred to as the Blood of the Old Gods and a herbal absinthe from the tough grass that survives in the snow. It is not recommended for travellers to imbibe too much whilst walking the high paths, as they may fall to their deaths if not careful.

While the forest of Snows' Wyrding itself is sacred and protected, there is no issue with large-scale logging of the surrounding areas so long any tree cut down sees another two planted. As such, there is a ready supply of wood available.

Being in the eastern wastes, there is a considerable amount of iron in the ground. A mineshaft was built, but the elevator has since degraded and the shaft partially flooded. It can still be accessed on foot.