Glacier

The great glacier is the enormous body of ice covering what used to be the great Dara Happan empire—including the former home of Rider and Wheel ancestors, the Golden City of Nivorah, crushed beneath the ice. Other cities are said to be protected under the huge dome built by Manarlavus, including Orlentos and dread Alkoth.

The Riders associate the glacier with Yonesh, the Cold Sun. The Rams, meanwhile, attribute it to Orlanth's bandit nephew, Valind: the god of chill winds.

Ride Like the Wind[]

The glacier first appears in Ride Like the Wind.

Over the course of the game, the glacier continues to grow and extend to the south as the world grows colder. For example, you may visit the dwarves of Noastor, only to return and find nothing but ice where you met them.

Events[]

If you explore far enough north, you may run into the glacier. See the event Glacier's Edge.

Exploration[]

Aside from the one illustrated event, visits to the glacier are generally uninteresting and lacking in rewards. All your explorers will find is ice.

An example of what your explorers might report is as follows:

“	We traveled northwest until we reached the great ice mass that covers Nivorah and the old Empire of the Sun. We found nothing of our old home.	”
— Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind

Myths & Rituals[]

The glacier figures into your legends, and into the ritual Hyalor Tablet Maker.

In the myth Zarlen's First Wander, it is said that Freeze Everything (another name for Valind) tried to fix Zarlen to the glacier.

Lights Going Out[]

By the time of Lights Going Out, the great glacier only exists in memory, as it has been destroyed by the forces of Chaos since the first game. It has given way to what your clan calls the Northern Reach, a poor and rugged land where only a few Dara Happan refugees struggle to survive.

Rumors[]

You can hear the following rumor in Lights Going Out:

“	I hear that a <Other Clan> exploring party reached the great glacier that long ago smothered the Golden City. There they met a goddess known as the White Princess, who gave them jewelry made of ice that never melts. I would be willing to lead our own explorers to find out if this is true. <Afterall, some claim that the Dara Happans melted the Glacier.>"	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Lore[]

Your clan ring can say the following about the glacier:

"Chaos demigods did not dare beset Nivorah. But then the glacier drove us out. "
"Our ancestors maintained Yelm’s sun temple for generations after his death. But they could not take it with them when they fled Nivorah, and it was crushed to nothing by the glacier."
"Valind the Glacier was the god who crushed Nivorah, golden city of our Rider ancestors."