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Chapter 3: RACES & REALMS
them to scrap and fight among themselves then, and
little has changed since. Their greatest impact came
in their leaving, for many believed it fulfilled a prophecy that foretold “When winged might no longer stirs
homeland snows, ye shall soon feel true winter.”
The Daragkarik remain of secondary importance in
Nordran minds to the return of the Great Glacier. Most
believe this may happen soon, and harsh cold snaps set
speculation atwitter among the faithful. The Glacier’s
impending doom will allegedly crush everything wicked
on Khitus. Once the cold and ice envelop or overwhelm
much of the world, another legend predicts Nordran
ascendancy (like so many other cultures claiming the
same). According to great Nordran skaals, themselves
Shadazim, a Yenfansa-led uprising heralds a new age for
the Nordor “and ye of the snows and the cold shall show
all the world that life exists and strengthens beneath
ice and cold and snow.” Thus, the Kunigas all watch any
White-Eyed closely, fearing and respecting those born
under their rule. At present, there are at least six Yenfansa among the Nordor bands nearing adult age, four of
whom are female, and all wonder what is to come.
from the fun of a fire-told tale, the Nordor ignore much
of this or inadvertently spread more by the boisterous
storytelling of Lumyuko and their followers.
• Nordor have reputations as lustful barbarian raiders, which is rarely true, but tales of Nordor marauders are told mainly to children to keep them in
line and have no significant historical justification.
• Other humans cannot understand why anyone
would live where it is forever cold. Nordor are said
to have ice for blood and are impossible to kill by
common means (and they are glad to let others believe this).
• Some say ice dragons remain in the far north masquerading as Daragkarik that some Nordor follow
or worship.
• Some assume that the Nordor are in league with
denizens of the Black Tower; others suggest that the
mammoth structure is made from magical black ice
brought south and provided by the Nordor. (Neither
is true, but these lies often color peoples’ thinking
near the Tower.)
Rumors & Whispers
Pachyaur
Since the Nordor keep to themselves and few southerners have met one, the rumors of their activities
abound. As they have little interest in rumors aside
Pachyaur are six-limbed elephantine centaurs native
to Khitan equatorial woodlands and savannahs. They are
the largest of the world’s intelligent creatures, respected
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