Land of Black Ice

The Land of Black Ice is an arctic wasteland located in the northwestern Flanaess, north of the Burneal Forest and Blackmoor, east of the Dramidj Ocean, and west of the Icy Sea. The land gets its name from the vast sheet of blue-black ice that covers it as far as the eye can see.

Ecology

Worgs, dire wolves, snowflake lichens, woolly mammoths, ravens, caribou, wolves, frost folk, snow goblins, snow spiders, and rusalka are found in this land. A few patches of woeful pine trees can also occasionally be found in the region.

Inhabitants

The only humans living near the Land of Black Ice are the Baklunish Guryik folk on the Dramidj coast, and the Suloise Zeai, or Sea Barbarians, who dwell on a section of Icy Sea coastline known as the Tusking Strand. Within the Land of Black Ice proper are said to dwell all manner of horrid arctic monsters, so few humans enter the region. Tales are told of wights, frost men, evil spirits, black-skinned trolls, and blue-furred bugbears inhabiting the wasteland.

Features and settlements

The fabled City of the Gods is said to lie just outside the Land of Black Ice, near Blackmoor. Those few who have entered the city and escaped alive, among them Mordenkainen and Sir Robilar, tell tales of an artificially warm city of tall iron buildings, powerful magic, and strange automatons.

Legends tell of another region beyond the ice, a land of lush jungles and an unmoving sun. Such legends give some reason to believe that the Oerth is hollow, containing another world within the inside of the globe, to which entry is gained via great openings in the poles.

Bibliography

• Baur, Wolfgang. "The Clockwork Fortress." Dungeon #126. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.

———. "Raiders of the Black Ice." Dungeon #115. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.

• Baur, Wolfgang, James Jacobs, and George Strayton. Frostburn: Mastering the Perils of Ice and Snow. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2004.

• Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.

• Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.

———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.

• Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.

• Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. Published online. PDF by William Allman with maps. Original RTF archived:Wizards.com. WGR7 or WGRx

• Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.

External link

• The land of Black Ice at Wikipedia.

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Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	LT2 Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad	47
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	Dragon magazine #068	43
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	Dragon magazine #230	15
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	Dragon magazine #265	58
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess	62, 64
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	From the Ashes: References Card	#12
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	Greyhawk Adventures	100, 101
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	34, 114, 115, 139, 148, 151, 154
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	3, 4, 6, 8
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	The Adventure Begins	10, 14, 17, 36, 38
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio)	9, 23, 25
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	20, 54, 60
Land of Black Ice	Region	Wasteland,	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	15