(Georic Gazetteer) Kingdom of Pohjola

Kingdom of Pohjola

Pantheon: Kulervan Mythos

Ruled By: Queen Smauhl
Capital: Lokka

Other Cities:  None

Language:  Sjappi

Flag/Emblem:  A silver foxhead on a field of blue ice with red flames

Coinage: The Louhi (gold piece only)
Important Personas:  Juli Vouhi, the most powerful spellcaster in Pohjola

Alliances:  None

Hostilities:  None

Open Warfare/Skirmishing:  Only skirmishing with other ice races

Intrigues:  Always talk of expanding southward

Demi-Humans:  Ice Elves - Pikta Tontu (7%), Gnomes- Lyhyt Tontu (5%), Dwarves - Toykea Tontu (2%)

Magickal Devices:  Sampo of the Nethersphere

Thumbnail Sketch:  The northernmost land on the continent, this icy land north of Zieland, Wyrmnal, and Kulervo has is shrouded in mystery.  Run by "Ice-Witches", Pohjola is rumored to be as populous below the surface as it is above, if not more so.  Not only are their rumors of connections within the Drow Empire itself, but further travels into an alleged Hollow Earth came to light, after numerous expeditions from the southern lands to find an entrance to said world resulted in every explorer perishing.   While not common knowledge, there are numerous locations with access points. 

"Tontu" is the term to refer to all demi-humans, with prefixes attached to differentiate.  

Religion:  A mixture of Kulervan Witchcraft, and various snow entities.  Most notable is the near-god worship of one Juli Vouhi.  This warlock is particularly powerful, and actively recruits from the Tontu population to work at his remote enclave, raising magical creates, and experimenting with powerful Magicks. 

Juli Vouhi, the most powerful spellcaster in Pohjola

Geography of Note: 

Palace of the Snow-Queen:  The seat of Pohjola government, the Snow Queen’s Palace has elegant clusters of spires towering up to 120-foot in the air, composed of thousands of needle-thin ice splinters. Despite this dominant structure in Lokka, the spires are empty.  The vast halls of the palace are actually underground.  A broad stair of blue ice descends a great circular portal into the halls of power.

Queen Smauhl in her underground palace

The Frigid Heart:   Occupying an expanse opposite the Spires of the Snow Queen’s

Palace is the Frigid Heart: an open area of snow leading to a vast entrance, leading to an indoor market, and other businesses further below the surface.  

Mentions of the Country in the Blog: 

Lost Dispatches of Feraso #32 - Merchant Angalm Zhule is from Pohjola.  Never wishes to return home.  

GM Notes: Pohjola is the only ice kingdom that doesn't border Galmar.  It's only ever been an area I've dipped a toe in and embellished with L'Haan and the Northern Reaches from Talislanta.