Veltuul

“Cold as hell.” The frozen wasteland to the North was once a mighty kingdom before the Long War. The chromatic forces of Axur broke the mighty north before the rebellion led by Lynne and Jy’kavir actually took root. Now, thousands of years later the frozen north has never recovered from the cataclysm. The peoples of Veltuul are hardy and untrustworthy of magic. Some more civilized groups have created settlements and are frequently accosted by heartland nomads who raid their cattle and farms. Atypically, the more structured parts of Veltuul lie within the far northern wastes, amongst inhospitable mountains and the ruins of the Golden Age of Veltuul. A Frost Giant ruled the country but after his assassination via Lynian agents, his daughter has sat upon the throne. To the East, a magical academy belonging to a group of mages called The Arcana is rebuilding in the wake of a huge magical mishap.
Several years ago the Arcana asserted dominion over Veltuul through an organization known as the Dark Illumination. The Dark Illumination exploited the raw resources of Veltuul in order to construct a massive device known as the Divinity Engine. The same group of individuals who assassinated the former King also thwarted the activation of the device and destroyed the research accompanying it.