Winter’s Heart

Among the northern Oraniads stands a blizzard-gripped mountain that resembles a volcano. What breathes forth from the crater isn’t fire, though. The caldera’s interior is coated with ice so cold it freezes anything it touches. Even the fumes that issue forth cause instant frostbite. At the volcano’s heart stands a glass statue of a haunting, androgynous figure offering a diamond crown. None who have attempted to claim this strange gift have survived. Even the gods prove reticent to speak of the place, denying its existence or speaking of it with shame.

There is a possibility that the statue represents Queen Titania, dark Queen of the Unseelie Court of the Faewild, and the crown is a representation of the one she wears in her realm. Some say that should anyone ever manage to claim the crown, they would instantly be transported into her palace before her throne to be judged for their actions - be that by being rewarded for cleverness and ingenuity or be punished for hubris, pride and exploitation.

Type

Abyss