Whitefang Fortress-Monastery

A Whitefang fortress-monastery is a hamlet-scale religious and defensive community descended from the Rime Lords' disciples. It receives tithes from nearby farm valleys and trades for food, livestock, and wool.

Such monasteries maintain monks, novices, guardians, disciplines, old teachings, and sometimes tulpas or stranger Rime Lord remnants. Barrier Pass is the named example, but not the only possible one.

Remote authority in the mountains: sect doctrines, harsh hospitality, old vows, guardians, spiritual discipline, and secrets preserved by people who distrust the south.

Size hamlet · Population +0 · Prosperity +0 · Defenses +2 · Region Whitefang Mountains

• Tithes from nearby farm valleys
• Terraced gardens (barley, lentils)
• Livestock (goats, sheep, milk, meat)
• Fine wool
• Parchment, vellum, ink
• Trades: bronze-smithing, weaving, dyeing, tanning, scribing, etc.
• Rime Lord artifacts

• Guardians
• At least one adept
• One or more tulpas
• Weapons and armor of bronze, sometimes dark ice
• Defensible position

• Trade with nearby farm valleys (food, livestock, wool)