The Mountain Folk
Hardy valley-farmers and fortress monks who make their lives where most southerners dare not linger.
- Scope
- Regional
- Alignment
- Mountain settlements
- The Mammoth HerdersNeutral
Both belong to the scattered peoples of the Whitefang Mountains, settled and wandering.
The Whitefangs hold more settlements than southerners expect — isolated farming valleys and fortress-monasteries scattered across the high north.
Most are terraced farming valleys growing barley and lentils, raising goats and sheep for wool, with hard local customs. Others are fortress-monasteries descended from the disciples of The Rime Lords, including Barrier Pass. Mountain folk are often wary of outsiders, shaped by cold, distance, old disciplines, tithes, tribute, and proximity to the Howling Curse. Names and customs are Nepalese- and Tibetan-inspired, and every valley or monastery may have its own discipline, taboo, or strange survival practice.