Celandis

"Pretty or not, never make a witch angry!"

- Altima Celandis /sɛh ′ læn • diːs/ is a perennially cold land far to the north, across the North Sea. It is covered in snow and ice with a winter that has lasted well over a century. The snow never melts, and almost as omnipresent as the snow and ice is a feeling of cold dread that quiets the land.

Culture
The people of Celandis are generally quite isolated from the rest of Ea as few traders ever visit Celandis and just as few residents muster the courage to attempt to leave. The inland villages generally spend their days tending what few crops will grow in the harsh conditions, or chopping wood to trade with the villages closer to the coast for fish and whale oil.

Government
The state is led by Queen Shivara. The land is governed by the White Witches, grand daughters of the terrible crone Baba Yaga. The white witches are obedient to their queen, who is a daughter of Baba Yaga herself.

The White Witches
Both the ruling body and arm of enforcement for Celandis, it is an order founded by the druid Baba Yaga, who swore that she and her daughters would never again suffer under foolish men. One of their most important duties is to keep the literal door to the demon dimension frozen shut.

The White Witches choose men from the citizenry (or detain outsiders) to keep their lineage going. Male children are given back to be raised in the villages, while girls are groomed for the coven. If she rejects the coven or falls in love with a man, she is stripped of all titles and power, banished from the coven, and sent to the villages.

Notable Locations

 * Icegarden
 * Solstice: the capital city
 * Somber Strand: A bit of a problem with Drowned Dead...
 * Thule: a city to the north of Solstice
 * The Weeping Swan: an inn in the village of Thule
 * Whitehall: the palatial headquarters of the White Witches, it is also a formidable fortress of crystalline ice and stone