Kergüs
Desolation rolls over Kergüs like a frostbarren wind. The lawless and forlorn trek across its ice-wracked expanse, crawling over the plains or cowering in the cracked earth to flee Blood-Countess Anthelia. North, where the wind is born, lies Alliáns, a storm-piercing spire-city of black glass. Within stands a castle like a waterfall of white stone — the throne of Anthelia.
The Basilisks Demand occasionally calls for "an orgh-maggot from the ice of Kergüs." The "Black Kergüs dagger" (2d4 damage) appears in the contents-of-pockets table.
The Forlorn Philosopher (origin 4) may have been raised by life-shaming cultists of the frozen Kergüs waste who think no one should be born into this dying world. The Merchant carries "Kergüs" goods: Vibrant Red Ribbon, Vial of Glowing Blue Blood (drawn from deep within Kergüs itself), Gleaming Golden Scalpel, Pleasing Green Cloak, One-eyed One-legged One-winged Gull, Bright Yellow Flower.
Regional Fauna (Eat-Prey-Kill, p.8)
What survives Anthelia's cold:
- Flail-horned Muskox (herd d12) — horns on keratin chains, four-attack flurry.
- Tar-pelted Goats (d8) — fur the color of charcoal, smelling of sulfur and vomit.
- Molar Bear — "one of the most grueling ways to go."
- Megasloth — mistaken for snow-mounds, until.
- Blubber Gulls (d8) — explode on dive.
- False Seal — the seal-corpse worn by a spider.
Alliáns, Anthelia, Bergen Chrypt (its frost), The Basilisks Demand, Forlorn Philosopher, Flail-horned Muskox, Tar-pelted Goats, Molar Bear, Megasloth, Blubber Gulls, False Seal
The "orgh-maggot" is named only in the Basilisks Demand and nowhere defined — a creature of Kergüs ice. The "deep within Kergüs" source of glowing blue blood implies something living and bleeding inside the frozen ground. Beyond Alliáns no settlements are named.