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The Eiglophian Mountains tempt adventurers into their frozen heights to test their mettle against bloodthirsty cannibals and fabled creatures of legend. The terrain is difficult, but many come to see for themselves. Only the strong will carve out a living here, often quite literally. In Cimmeria, if the weather and the terrain do not claim you, something else likely will. Stories of monstrous beasts and dark legends waiting in the icy wastes for foolish travelers are told around crackling campfires, many of which have been proven true time and time again. Wolves, mountain cats and fierce bears hunt the frozen ranges and thick woods, more than capable of killing entire hunting parties unprepared for their savagery. It is a land filled with dangerous people and predators, where much of the life that can be found in its frozen hills only lives to take life from another. Cimmeria is a harsh place of clan wars and tightly-knit families, where strength and cunning are key to survival. But no one man could possibly claim these unconquerable people-or the lands in which they struggle daily to survive. The hard terrain is often softened with blood-churned mud of Pictish invaders, Vanir raiders, Hyperborean Gurnakhi, or foolish would-be conquerors from the Border Kingdoms. It is surrounded by those who would aim to either kill or conquer the native barbarian clans that have thrived here since the time of the Atlanteans.

A hard region of tundra, mountains and wooded fields seated beneath a cold, gray sky are the lands of Cimmeria.