Frost Fangs

The Southern Archipelago is collectively known as the Frost Fangs for their numerous jagged mountains and frozen fjords. Individually the islands are differentiated by their compass directions, being the North Fang, the East Fang, and the South Fangs. The islands are home to numerous settlements or clans that raid and fight amongst each other for territory, resources, wealth, and elixir. While the region as a whole still had a diverse population, individual settlements are more homogenous, generally restricted to one or two types of people, and even within same species communities the law of succession is bloody in practice. All settlements and clans maintain long ships of various designs to conduct raids or scattered trade. Innocent merchants or traveling ships are normally escorted through the area by military or government ships. All the clans know that to attack such a ship or convoy would be to invite lethal reprisals by the military, their clan denied access to the elixir, their settlement and fleet annihilated. In spite of this dangerous environment each of the four major mountains are home to a monastery of some type; the inhabitants of the region generally leave the monks in peace, as one shared value is the respect of elders and monks who can thrive in such remote and exposed locations.   There are 3 major settlements, Helmsgurd, Cold Gut, and Skardga.