Crystal Blizzard
Magic Blizzard of the Northern Tundra
Swirling snow blinds and glitters, reflecting rainbows back from the noonday sun. It is almost too easy to be mesmerized by the moving and twisting, the shimmering diamonds that float softly to the ground in a moment of calm, but soon that majesty will be erased by raging winds and snowflakes that cut like tiny knives when they touch uncovered skin. From one moment to the next, the picturesque changes to natural disaster, a blizzard that will erase the landscape with blankets of snow and ice that will not melt away before the next storm.
For centuries, the question has remained whether the Neither Tundra is afflicted by a force of nature or one of magic. Nowhere else in the world do storms rage so fiercely, driving all life to seek even a modicum of shelter to survive a moment in the raging tempest. Even the Dragons and other Divine Races with their deep magics steer clear of the tundra, refusing to be drawn in by the mystery that so clearly covers the landscape any time of year. In the millennia of the world, no one has truly explained what covers the Neither Tundra, leaving the mystery to continue and the curiosity to remain.
Named the Crystal Blizzard, the phenomenon has existed since before the appearance of the Elder Races in the world, blanketing every inch of the Neither Tundra in a heavy blizzard that changes throughout the year. The weather alone separates the Neither Tundra from the Edge or Either Tundras, making the northern tundra nearly uninhabitable by anyone except the most intrepid. Scholars have attempted to study the blizzard over the last few millennia but those attempts have explained little more than what can be easily observed.
Manifestation
The Crystal Blizzard manifests as a year-long blizzard that covers every inch of the Neither Tundra. Ranging in intensity from light snow to a raging blizzard, this phenomenon varies throughout the year but has such intensity that it is difficult to believe that the storm is not magical in some way.
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