Atylwyth
Atylwyth, the Winterheart, is a High Realm of Athel Loren, ruled by Sceolan of the Hooked Blade.[1]
It is locked in the icy embrace of winter with the boughs of its trees covered in a thick coating of frost, each glade always heavy with snow. There are many pale statues which mark the entrance to the halls and line each path. Some of these works are exquisite ice sculptures, shaped by an artisan's patient touch. Some are spirits such as spiteful kelpies or mischievous naiads as a punishment for past misdeeds or even to prevent future ones. These statues flow and reform when the eye does not rest upon them, the creatures inside ever seeking to escape.[1]
Atylwyth's has always relied upon the bravery and battle-skill of the Elves alone, as even the threat of their extinction will not rouse the realm's forest spirits from their torpidity. The Asrai of the Winterheart are obsessive in their practise of the arts of war and nowhere else in the forest can the Eternal Guard be found in such numbers as they can in the halls and holds of Lord Sceolan.[1]
There are only a few nature spirits awake as the biting chill keeps them slumbering with many sleeping willingly through the centuries, hoping for a glorious dawn that will never come. The connection between the forest and the Elves is weak with the spirits that do rouse to wakefulness seldom communicating with the Asrai preferring to influence them via dreams.[1]
Locations
- Coeth-mara.[1]
- Crystal Mere(south).[1]
- Inverin Mountains(east).[1]
- Tal Amere.[1]
- Tal Drost.[1]
- Tal Mora.[1]
