Setting the Stage

For years, the Iceborne Company has traveled around the northern reaches of Avistan thwarting threats, saving innocents, and helping those in need. The company settled down 3 years ago in the Ironbound Archipelago, hoping to retire in peace.
As is the case with heroes, rest never comes easy, as a new threat to the islands emerged not too long after. An ambitious necromancer, Rimemaker Volmur, found an artifact within the island Handnesoya’s mountainous interior. Soon after, the city Nyksund and surrounding areas were plagued with unnaturally cold weather, and the undead ran free.
A powerful wizard in the city responded with a magical barrier he and his half-elven sister created, one that would keep out the weather, and he hoped eventually, the undead. He then enlisted the aid of the Iceborne Company.
The company took on the challenge, but soon found there were more infestations of undead than they could eradicate, and decided to focus on the more powerful foes, and ask local heroes to aid them by eliminating the less powerful undead.
You have heeded this call. While the company is powerful, they cannot be everywhere at once. Whether you live in Nyksund, one of the surrounding villages, or have simply found yourself in the Ironbound Archipelago, you have decided to step up and help the people of the island.