Spectre of Cold

A Short History of the Spectre of Cold

In the deep north the Snow Witches live and worship one of the oldest gods we know of. An uncaring force of nature, the cold itself. Learn to live with and despite it and it will allow you to use and form it to your heart's content.
The cold has always been with us, it is hard to endure and can be quite cruel, while in the same time forming us into the people we are. It is refreshing to experience in the hotter parts of the world, the cold is also soothing, can calm a patient in pain and preserve their life beyond anything that should be possible.

Worship

Worshippers

The Spectre of Cold is worshipped by those that live in the coldest and darkest part of world. By those that would need to do everything to survive it, to brave the elements. The Undead also have a fondness for the preserving chill of the cold.

Priests

Priests are often those that venture out and are surprised by a snow storm, miraculously surviving and returning forever changed with a new outlook on live. Often these people are found among the mages of the Snow Witches in the Northern Realms.

Acts of Woship

Worshipping the cold does not mean succumbing to it, it means surviving and braving it. Knowing what you have to do, to protect yourself. Take your steps carefully and plan your approaches. Eek out a fire from the little branches you manage to find, return to the warmth of your family and support them no matter what.
Alone will you die to the cold, failing at whatever you were doing, only with the help from your family will you survive the harsh cold and be able to prove yourself.

Temples

Temples are often build from ice and snow, without the help from traditional building materials. In places were this is not possible, priests will often enchant the room to be a frigid temperature, sending a chill down the spines of everyone entering.
Outside the Northern Realms they are often build on the highest mountains or in dark and cold caves.

Worshippers

Snow Witches

Undead

the Sick and Ill

Sayings
Survive against the Odds

Related Myths

• Three Betrayals