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Ice Prison

Ice Prison illustrative location art
Illustrative location art based on campaign notes.

Summary

The Ice Prison, also called the Howling Tombs, is one of the Elemental Prisons near Rimewatch, where the region’s storms begin. Its burst entrance, containment orbs, ice-and-lightning chambers, multiple doorways, and linked portals expose a failing prison network. Leedus’s prison stands opposite Anorazorak’s; Anorazorak tried to impersonate Leedus telepathically to trick the party into opening his prison, while Leedus chose to remain imprisoned after speaking with them. The site also holds a possible Hartwall mind-effect artifact and routes toward Sunserene, Valentinhide’s house, and an ancient dwarven hold.

Known Details

  • The Howling Tombs were identified as where storms begin.
  • The prison entrance later appeared burst open, with a snow haunt, claw-torn tents, pale blue rocks, hollow rocks or possible eggs, and an ice-white eagle that killed Grubins.
  • Anrasurall, a robed Humein from Baytail Accord, tried to free someone with runes he was given; he said he got into the circle and fired out of the front before the bird killed him.
  • Six empty-seeming copper rune orbs were containment devices for elementals.
  • On Day 38, water elementals required the party to agree to free Leedus the auroch from the prison near Rimewatch before they would help against dragon flames.
  • The Day 46 lead about a Hartwall artifact hidden in one of the prisons near Snowsorrow points to the Ice Prison at Rimewatch; the artifact is tied to Hartwall’s work on mind effects and no team was checking it.
  • On Day 47, the party reached the Ice Prison through a portal in Lady Evalina Hartwall’s Laboratory. The Ice Prison contained ice, lightning, doorways, prisoners, a dark door to an ancient dwarven hold, a snake door with Dorion, Tim, and Geoffrey, and portal access onward to Sunserene and Valentinhide’s house.

Open Questions

  • Who gave Anrasurall the runes?
  • What was he trying to free, and did he succeed?
  • Are the hollow rocks eggs, and what is the ice-white eagle guarding?
  • What Hartwall artifact is hidden in the Ice Prison, and how does it connect to Hartwall’s memory or mind-effect work?