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Cults of the Dragon Below often have ties to Khyber. It's also common knowledge that Everice is the home
Some serve aberrations or fight alongside dolgrims and of frost giants who escaped the destruction of Xen'drik.
dolgaunts (see chapter 6). Others can unintentionally Now they hone their arctic magic and plot vengeance.
threaten a community by releasing something from the However, a clan of white dragons battle the giants to
underworld: an unnatural disease, a malevolent demon, keep them from growing too powerful. Woe betide the
or a strange and addictive drug. In dealing with such a people of Khorvaire if dragon and giant ever set aside
cult, the question is not only how to stop their current their ancient vendetta and join forces!
machinations, but how to seal the passage or prevent it The Frostfell is thought to be the original homeland of
from posing an ongoing threat. the dwarves, and some believe that an ancient nation of
Treasures from Khyber can take many forms. The dwarves still thrives under the ice. Others say that the
daelkyr create living tools, including symbionts (see Frostfell was once a verdant realm until the dwarves
chapter 5), but any magic item could be presented as an uncovered the prison of an archfiend, which buried their
organic creation: a living cloak of the mountebank that nation under endless ice. These scholars warn against
teleports its wearer through the plane of madness; a disturbing this overlord, lest a new age of ice be un­
dagger of venom made from chitin and muscle, similar leashed across the entire world.
to a scorpion's barb; a crystal ball made by the daelkyr Mystery shrouds the poles of Eberron. A few expe­
Belashyrra that looks like a giant eye, casting visions of ditions have ventured to the Frostfell, but no one from
distant places directly into the wielder's mind. Items re­ Khorvaire has set foot in Everice in living memory and
covered from fiendish demiplanes might be constructed returned to speak of it.
from standard materials but have a sinister aspect or
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appearance, such as a sword of life stealing from the THE FROSTFELL's N D EV R I C E ' s
Abyssal Forest of Khar made of jagged, blackened steel. I N F L U E N C E I N KHORV A I R E
Shadows trail the blade, and it issues a hungry moan
any time it draws blood. I n Khorvaire, you might ...
Clash with a cabal of winter warlocks serving a sinis­
TRI N K ETS F R O M K H Y B E R ter power stirring in Everice.
d l O Trinket • Encounter a group of frost giants or Frostfell dwarves
establishing a foothold in Khorvaire.
A pressed flower with vivid green petals; when you
Discover a journal from a Frostfell expedition that re­
smell it, you hear eerie music
veals a horrifying threat.
2 A tiny ball of putty; if you set it down, it begins to
slowly crawl around The people of Khorvaire have no commerce with the
3 A perpetually warm disk of dark iron arctic regions and no certainty about what lives there. If
a threat comes from Everice, it might take time for peo­
4 A small journal with leathery pages; any words you ple to identify its origin.
write in it slowly disappear With this in mind, relics from Everice or the Frostfell
5 A four-sided die carved with strange markings could take any form. Are these treasures created by gi­
6 A cameo with the silhouette of an unknown species ants, fey, or dwarves? Are they carved from eternal ice,
7 A preserved finger with purple flesh and four joints or are they forged from dwarven steel? If the civilization
8 A perfectly preserved eye; if you set it down, it rotates of the dwarves truly began in the Frostfell, did it fall
into ruin, or are there progenitor dwarves who possess
to follow your movement
spells and weapons beyond anything known in Khor­
9 A small box; when opened, you alone hear screaming
vaire? And how would these ancient dwarf lords react to
10 A preserved insect; you've never seen another like it
their Mror descendants?
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At the world's poles-Everice to the south and the Frost­ d8 Trinket
fell to the north-you might ... A small prism carved from ice that doesn't melt
• Discover an ancient civilization hidden be- 2 A rusted iron coin, depicting a dwarf lord and the
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neath the ice. worlds F ive Rex n dra"
• Search for the survivors of a lost expedition. 3 A pair of eight-sided dice carved from ice that doesn't
• Find the source of a mysterious mystical signal. melt
It's common knowledge that Everice is the domain of 4 A swatch of silvery fur that's cold to the touch, possibly
the Queen of Winter, an archfey who commands a host from a winter wolf
of winter wolves and knights carved from living ice. The 5 A snowball; it doesn't melt and can't be compressed
queen lives in a glacial palace, and those who overcome into ice
her guards and the deadly weather to earn her favor can 6 A tiny white dragon sculpted from ice that doesn't melt
gain powerful boons. 7 A key carved from ice that doesn't melt
8 A single scale from a white dragon

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