Anchorage

Anchorage, originally known as "Akorenga" translating to "Bountiful Valley", was a once forgotten glacial canyon inhabited by several primitive human tribes and at one point was used as the location of a heavily fortified base for the Divine Loquati Empire. At present, it is an archaeological dig site led by the same person who rediscovered it, famous explorer Ned Dangers, AKA Ned Noarms. It is also notably the final resting place of Titanoth.

Anchorage is located in the far north of the northern continent, in the center of a large ice sheet and is almost completely frozen over. Geographically, it is a wide canyon between two glacial walls, with a large moutain (now believed to be a dormant cold volcano) located in the far back where the two walls meet. This mountain was the source of the large Ki'ii'm River, which flowed through the valley to the ocean, as well as being the mountain which the Loquati built into to construct their fortress, Anchorage Keep. To the sides of the Ki'iim River were wide expanses of grassland, forests, and hills that would make for an idyllic landscape for people to survive. This is no longer the case though, as it is now almost entirely covered in snow and ice. There is also a very large burial mound slightly south of Anchorage Keep that contains the remains of Titanoth, a being that would be revered by local culture.

When Ned Dangers rediscovered the site, it had begun thawing out as a result of the Crunch. To date, many ancient relics and sacred artifacts have been discovered there, such as the Titan Armor. There have also been efforts to recover living beings from the ice which has been met with varying degrees of success, the program being named the "Anchorage Asset Reintroduction Program". A notable successful thawing would be the Urg Brothers, who were recently thawed out in an attempt to gain more information about the area.

Prior to it being rediscovered, many wrote off the existence of Anchorage as a myth, or a fake location written in ancient texts to throw off those with ill intent. Because of this, there is still much to learn about the area, but evidence gained from excavation and from those who were thawed out suggests a pretty stable timeline for how and when things happened, up until the great freeze.

## History

### Beginning times

From what researchers have been able to piece together, the area of Anchorage has been inhabited as far back as the beginning times, with several primitive tribes living together on the land. It is believed that the tribes migrated there from other parts of the continent, in attempts to continue hunting snowsquatch. Occasionally they would fight, but as the peaceful nature of the area provided so much for them there was often little reason for fighting. Tribes inhabited the grasslands and forests, lived along the river, and enjoyed life in the stone caves of the hills and ice caves of the glaciers. This period is the longest lasting for those who inhabited the region, and looked back upon fondly. It should also be noted that roughly halfway through the beginning times it is believed that the outside world became aware of its existence, but left it alone due to how remote it is and the difficulty involved in getting there. Despite this time period being so old, there are still a few beings from this far back who were frozen in freak accidents and have been thawed out.

### War of Gods

When the War of Gods began, the tribes of Akorenga had their first real contact with outsiders, The Divine Loquati Empire. Eager to establish a northern foothold, they decided that the location was ideal for a fortress. The glaciers provided natural protection, the land was fertile and the woodlands provided ample resources for ship building. The Loquati would dub the land Anchorage, a bastardization of Akorenga. They destroyed the villages, stormed the caves, and cut down the forests, quickly turning them into large farmlands, mines, and lumber facilities. Many were killed, and the ones who weren't were forced to take refuge within the one tribe that inhabited somewhere the Loquati had no interest in, the ice caves of the glaciers. The chief of that tribe, Gorog the Wise, graciously granted refuge to those whos homes were destroyed, and for the first time the natives of the region became centralized under a chieftan in a single tribe, known as the Akorengans.

During the war, while the Loquati built into the mountain to build their fortress and establish supply lines throughout the valley, Gorog assigned several of his best fighters to ambush and raid Loquati resource depots and outposts. Despite being technologically paleolithic, the stones they used in tools and weapons were in reality unrefined Ithusian ore, shaped via sacred rituals to create weapons capable of penetrating the moderately advanced Loquati body armor. The Akorengans survived this way for many years until the end of the war.

### The end of the war

At the end of the War of Gods, the actual fighting had found itself to the peaceful land of Anchorage. Almost every day different factions would attempt to breach Anchorage Keep. This would continue for many months until a powerful faction brought with them Titanoth, the Mammoth Beast. With every step Titanoth took the ground shook, and the Akorengans mistook it for a mythical beast in their folklore. Titanoth, alongisde the ground forces that brought it, tore through Anchorage keep and quickly took care of an Loquati foolish enough to still fight back. It was at that moment the Akorengans knew they were saved.

### After the war

After the war was over, all ground troops left the area, but Titanoth remained. Titanoth would roam the grasslands and forests, creating several different creatures along the way. Gorog, leading his people out of the caves would take refuge in the ruins of Anchorage keep, and his people would slowly reclaim their homeland, and worship Titanoth as their savior. Many generations would then follow, sometimes peaceful, sometimes not, with chieftan after chieftan inheriting Anchorage keep.

Eventually, when King Mastadonius began his mission to kill all the divine beasts, he found Titanoth and defeated him in battle. Titanoth would be defended though by the chief at the time, Gorog the Brave. Despite lasting commendably long against King Mastadonius, but truly stood no chance. King Mastadonius killed Gorog the Brave, and proceeded to fight Titanoth, eventually slaying it as well. The Akorengans all mourned the death of their chief and their protector and named Gorog the Brave's son, Gorog the Great the new chief. The first two things he did after becoming chief was declare that day be known as "Duoken Dej Or-na fentil" (The day two powers die), and a large burial mound to be constructed around the remains of Titanoth.

### The great freeze

At an unknown point in history, it is believed that the mouintain in the back of the valley was actually a cold volcano, and erupted. This resulted in the flooding of the entire canyon with freezing water, ice, snow, and rock. It would remain this way until the Crunch, where it began to thaw out once again. Interestingly enough, however, it has been recorded that random portions of the glacial walls would sometimes melt and quickly freeze, trapping those in it's path in ice. This has allowed for the survival of several inhabitants of Anchorage through various points in it's habitation.