Sermersuaq
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Minor Settlements
- Atalaq
- Lies on the waters of Atkonartoq, and is gathering and resting place for the scattered hunters who follow the Suaq traditions. It is rich in oils and pelts, a place of cunning and craft, where whale-followers, walrus-herders, Icewalkers and painted hunters return after long treks over the ice.
- Wreck
- The rib-bones of a gigantic ship of an ancient make jut from the ice here and lie part-submerged under the water. These rib-bones have been covered to make a shelter, and a small settlement has existed around it for as long as anyone can remember.
- Rest
- The meeting point of two Trods out in the far West, where enterprising souls have erected a Wayhouse. The fare is simple, but it’s a welcome sight for far-travelled Navarr.
Places of Interest
- The Face of Ikka
- The face of Ikka, the great glacier, grinds into the water on the borders between Tsirku and Sermerssuaq. The salvage rights to the face of the glacier is a much-prized thing, for – hanging perilously from ropes and using snow-axes – prospectors often find artifacts from the troll nation that’s said to lie under the glacier. Also, from time to time, they find other things – creatures entombed in the ice.
- The Grave of the Giants
- In Tsirku a great ice-cavern lies by the edge of the waters of Nutjuitoq. The way to it is through a treacherous, shifting maze of icebergs. The cave is where great sea-creatures go to die – whales, kraken and the like struggle up out of the sea from under the ice. No-one knows why. The ivory from this place is plentiful, and particularly prized.
- The Hot Springs of Taniki
- In the middle of the cold wastes of Sermersuaq, a lagoon filled by hot springs, full of mineral goodness. Bathing in its waters is rumoured to cure any sort of ill.
- The Stonefields
- A cratered plain covered in fragments of rock. Here there’s a large concentration of weltsilver, amongst other precious metals. There have even been claims of deposits of ilium. But the stonefields regularly attract a force of black, crab-like creatures that appear to be scavenging amongst the rocks.
- Sydanjaa
- The great ice-storm. No one has ever entered and returned to tell what might lie on the other side. Occasionally the Artok are found emerging from the storm, and if not tamed, return again.