Neverwinter’s Icespire Peak
By sominator @ March 5, 2013 at 6:00am
In the shadow of Icespire Peak, the Icehammer dwarves wage a wintry battle.
Snow-laden crags and hard-edged bluffs loom over Torunedar like frostbitten fingers. Despite the subzero temperatures, the dwarven village is bustling with activity, constantly preparing for an ongoing battle that is as sure as the promise of a cold dawn. Bolbin Ironbrow can be found coordinating the meager Icehammer militia as Garora Oakhew tends to the wounded and holds the front line. In the White Crags, the blistering waste high atop Icespire Peak, Florin Icehammer, last scion of an ancient line, seeks a way to bring the fight to Hrimnir himself.
The frost giant chief will not be dissuaded so easily.
Hrimnir, favored of the winter titan Thrym, commands the bitter forces of winter on Icespire Peak, sending wave after wave of frost goblins, winter wolves, ice trolls, and frost giants at the Icehammer dwarves. Icespire Peak has become the stage for confrontation between Hrimnir’s army and the resilient dwarves, and a place for stalwart adventurers to ply their trade in battle.
The colossal giant Lakkar, long frozen in stone and ice, stares uncaringly down at the battlefield. In times past, Lakkar made a pact with Thrym for the dark power of Elemental Chaos. The giant received the Winterforge, an ancient artifact which rewarded him with colossal size, but proved too powerful for him to contain. Defeated by the Icehammer dwarves, Lakkar and the Winterforge lay untouched for generations, until the artifact was disturbed by the stout folk and began calling Hrimnir and his forces with the Elemental Chaos.
The dwarves may be hardy, but they cannot attack Hrimnir alone. Adventurers who find themselves in the freezing climes around Torunedar will battle through the Frozen Heart, into the very body of Lakkar himself, to find and destroy the Winterforge. Giants, tolls, golems, and the frost giant chief himself stand between them and the salvation of Icespire Peak.
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tharizden @ Mar 8th, 2013 12:43AM
These guys chill me to the bone!
mok33
Oh no you didn't.
irtu @ Mar 6th, 2013 9:25PM
In this sentence " Giants, tolls, golems, and the frost giant chief himself " what are tolls? Trolls maybe?
paddymaxson @ Mar 6th, 2013 11:32AM
The heck is a "pire"? I know what a pyre is but not a pire.
discordination
Ice Spire. Wow, I hope you don't plan on breeding.
dorcharealta @ Mar 6th, 2013 9:43AM
if we already have a erfect world account do we need to opt in for a chance at the beta?
lokishinkick @ Mar 6th, 2013 12:38AM
Ach.... I'll bayte the knee caps off'em! Looks like I'll be getting me beard ina knot fightin these lads.
argantis @ Mar 5th, 2013 9:08PM
I love the lore of the Forgotten Realms. It was our campaign of choice back in the day. It has been so long since I read the novels that I can barely remember some of it, but I loved all of it. From Amn, to the Moonshea Isles, to the big cities like Neverwinter and Waterdeep to Myth Drannor to the Underdark. It is not just the places, but the people, the history, the lore of those lands and the gods that helped to shape them. I have been a fan for a long long time and if the non DnD people could ever get over their preconceived notions and stigmas, this setting could easily rival and surpass Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
wolftrap76
Could not agree more!
robbievw
Absolutely, I shall bring my halfling wizard all the way from the Dalelands for this fight!
valwryn @ Mar 5th, 2013 6:40PM
We're gonna need bigger flame arrows........
syberghost @ Mar 5th, 2013 4:58PM
Grr, blog still broken if it encounters an ampersand, which is hard when you're discussing a game with one in the freakin' title. DnD introduced Ice Golems in Frostburn, the supplement for winter adventures. They'd definitely be found in Icespire Peak.
bloodlet77
Ok I was under the impression that Golems were created magically while Elementals were sentient beings native to the Elemental Chaos.
syberghost @ Mar 5th, 2013 4:55PM
Ice golems were introduced in Frostburn, the D
bloodlet77 @ Mar 5th, 2013 3:45PM
Wouldn't they be Ice "Elementals" instead of Golems?
robbievw
Elementals are bound into the built shape a
robbievw
Elementals are bound into a prebuilt shape to create a golem.
stormdrag0n @ Mar 5th, 2013 1:49PM
So badass!
perth74 @ Mar 5th, 2013 10:44AM
Nice trailer. Looking forward to the game release and the next beta weekend.
dreamo1984 @ Mar 5th, 2013 10:28AM
So pumped
fullmetalpope @ Mar 5th, 2013 6:38AM
Interesting!
musty @ Mar 5th, 2013 6:19AM
Locked and Loaded!
ulfghuld @ Mar 5th, 2013 6:19AM
Never underestimate the power of a Dwarf! Have at ye Hrimnir!!!!
bantafan56 @ Mar 5th, 2013 6:12AM
Nice Indeed. Dwarves will triumph!
sabotageturk @ Mar 5th, 2013 6:02AM
very nice
mok33
Frosty dorfs.
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