Ymir's Pass
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There is a mysterious pass in the southern mountains of Cimmeria. Travelers describe it as looking like a wound in the Earth made by the axe of some enormous god or giant. As a result, the common name for the place is Ymir's Pass, named after the axe-wielding father of the frost giants, Ymir. There are many dangers in Ymir's Pass, including Atzel's Bandits, a group of murderous cutthroats known to brutally hack apart whole trade caravans. If travelers are careful, swift, and most of all quiet, it is possible to make it through the pass safely. If something bad does happen, however, pray that you find death at the hands of Atzel's band, because the alternative is far, far worse.
The alternative is spiders. The pass is crawling with them. There are thousands -- no, millions of spiders of all sizes in the pass. Their venomed jaws twitch and snap at those who disturb their webs. While the giant spiders are dangerous enough, somewhere, in a web-hung nightmare labyrinth of caves and ravines, there is something far more terrifying. The Acheronian Spider Queen, the mother of all spiders, lies at the heart of all webs. She's a demon queen captured, bred, and nurtured by crazed Acheronian sorcerers thousands of years ago, but she now owes allegiance to no one, save her brood. Beware the Spider Queen. A million eggs pulse in her swollen egg sac, and all those hatchlings need food...
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Categories: Stubs | Regions | Cimmeria
