The Strife of Fimbulwinter was an attempted invasion of Amusa by The Frostfell Empire from The Plane of Ice after they recovered The Ring of Winter's Wrath. The invading Frost Giants fought against and were repelled by members of The Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company. The invasion was confronted on three fronts: The storming of Frostfell Keep, the slaying of the White Dragon Ysildra, and the raiding of Ysildra's hoard.
Lead Up[edit | edit source]
During the events of the Thelryan Restoration, there was a surge of magic through Amusa's leyline network. This surge interacted with an artifact called the Ring of Winter's Wrath which opened a The Glacial Rift into the Plane of Ice. This allowed the banished giants of the Frostfell Empire to enter the realm. After a long search they recovered the ring and planned to use it to bring the eternal winter of the Plane of Ice into Amusa.
The Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company[edit | edit source]
Members of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company had recently established themselves and founded the waystation of Tempest's Landing when they began to encounter planar frost giants in the Amusan wilds, far from their natural territory. After many encounters, some good some bad, the company forged a plan to combat the invading giants on three fronts to prevent their invasion from reaching the rest of Amusa.
Kalzivach[edit | edit source]
In their encounters with the Frost Giants, the company also encountered devils under the service of the Pit Fiend Kalzivach who was under standing orders from his master Mammon to prevent the Frost Giants from leaving the Plane of Ice. Since their goals were aligned, the company worked together with Kalzivach to defeat the Frostfell Empire. To assist in the fight against the Frost Giants, Kalzivach brought his own infernal airship, the Devil's Bounty.
Notable Combatants[edit | edit source]
- Kalzivach
- Lieutenant Azha
- Coryn Alaeth
- 22
- Ren Atherton
- Ronin
- Karma Runes
- Bardek Ironbleeder
- Zarrial
- Amelie Luxaeterna
- Finnegan (Finny) Warbler
- Chrysaor Purosis
- Tryska Bjorndottyr
- Thordon Akieye
- Wiggler
- Iris
- Valdos
- Ren Atherton
- Eavan Ice-Eye
- Selene
The Frosfell Empire[edit | edit source]
The Frostfell Empire attempted to expand [{The Glacial Rift]] created by the Ring of Winter's Wrath until it could cover all of Amusa. This event created a winter across Amusa unlike any it had seen since The Arctic Autumn, and kicked off the Strife of Fimbulwinter. As they expanded the rift, they also attempted to pull through their massive fortress of ice and snow.
Notable Combatants[edit | edit source]
Storming Frostfell Keep[edit | edit source]
A team of Tempest Brother Expeditionary members forged an alliance with Kalzivach and joined him aboard the Devil's Bounty to assault Frostfell Keep with his hoard of devils. The company members fight their way to the main throne room and confront the Frost Giant leader, Prince Ulfriit. During the battle, the party recover the ring and destabilize the rift, which accidentally opens the way for a massive primordial named Leviathan to begin attacking the castle through the rift. In the chaos, the company members manage to persevere and slay Prince Ulftiir. Then, using the power of the ring, the party banishes the remaining frost giants back into the Plane of Ice.
Slaying Ysildra[edit | edit source]
After Prince Ulftiir's death, his mother, the white dragon Ysildra, flew into a rage. Her anger threatened to freeze the jungles of Western Amusa, and so company members used the decapitated head of Prince Ulftiir to draw her into a final battle and slay her.
Raiding the Hoard[edit | edit source]
While company members were slaying Ysildra, others journeyed into the Plane of Ice to take advantage of her absence and raid her hoard to make sure none of the remaining Frost Giants could use it to form a new offensive. With the help of the cursed explorer Oliver Vincent Bartholemew, the party journeyed through the frigid wastes. Climbing up to Ysildra's lair, the party did battle with the lair's guardians, a towering Cyclops and a freezing Hydra|Cryo-Hydra]]. The party defeated the guardians and claimed Ysildra's hoard for themselves. In her lair, they discovered multiple monsters frozen in ice, having been captured by Ysildra. The party freed a number of them, including Lord Hulfgar, Prince Ulfiir's father who was slain by Ysildra with his spirit held captive, an angel named Samiael who returned with them to the waystation, a strange dwarf with a lion's tail named Humphrey, and eldritch tentacle monster, and an Efreeti who granted the party a limited wish.
Aftermath[edit | edit source]
After the Strife of Fimbulwinter concluded, the remaining frost giants were once again banished to the Plane of Ice. But after the battle, it was revealed that in their hunt for the Ring of Winter's Wrath, the giants had uncovered the secrets of another treasure, The Lost Hoard. As the giants were banished, what they learned was shared with all of Amusa, starting a continent wide hunt for this mysterious treasure.
