Iron Wastes

Geographical Features

Glacier Citadel

Carved into a titanic glacier that moves with unnatural will, this fortress serves as the heart of the layer’s dominion. The walls shift at the command of its master, and its upper halls overflow with cursed trophies, relics of conquest, and heirlooms soaked in blood. Pools of frozen ichor reflect memories of rage and vengeance t.  

Blacksteam Rift

This deep, glacial fissure emits strange warmth, shrouded in a mist that screams like dying beasts. It is used as a sacrificial site, fed with creatures of great mass to placate the primordial fury slumbering within.  

Howling Rift

An enormous crevasse whose shrieking winds carve temporary tunnels into the ice walls. The sounds here gnaw at the psyche and Each storm reshapes the passages, trapping explorers in ever-changing mazes of frost.  

Noteable Locations

Grjotgardheim

A partially collapsed fortress deep in the glacier's heart, within which is imprisoned a slumbering proto-deity encased in ice. The structure is surrounded by wards that crackle with ancient, primal hatred. Those who remain nearby risk exposure to raw mythic resonance every day which impedes their wisdom.  

Volstaad

A war-encampment built on fractured permafrost, where ancient tribal rites of dominance are still enacted. Honor duels and blood-feasts are common here. A character may earn the right to a secret or magic boon if they defeat a local champion in single combat.  

Stoldottir Gate

A standing stone arch carved from eternal permafrost, bearing runes in abyssal and celestial script. It connects to the plane of Ysgard. The portal can only be activated when a significant offering is made - a treasured item must be sacrificed atop the ice altar. When the gate opens, for 1 minute, the skies fill with black snow and red lightning.  

Eye of Veshvoriak

A glacial sinkhole spiraling hundreds of feet below the surface, ending in a mirror-like red crystal “eye.” It pulses with Abyssal resonance. Meditating here for one hour under the ]right rituals, allows brief contact with the mind imprisoned within. In return for difficult tasks, it may offer hidden truths or magical knowledge otherwise lost to time.  

Gate of Seven Lights

ealed under crystalline ice, this shimmering portal leads to a dungeon beneath the eladrin city of Astrazalian in the Feywild. Attempts to enter are met by check to stabilize the gate]planar resistance.

After a week in the layer, each creature might become enraged during stressful events, uncontrolled.

Once a peripheral layer of frost and silence, the Iron Wastes became infamous during the later decades of The Blood War when it resisted multiple infernal incursions. The terrain favored no side, only the most furious could endure. Glacial ruins mark the resting places of Devils, Demons, and planar invaders alike. Today, the layer is avoided by most except for those seeking forgotten wrath, relics of vengeance, or ancient compacts bound in ice and fury.