Svardborg

Svardborg is a frost giant fortress built atop an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean off of the north-east coast of the Ice Kingdom. After the Ordning of the giants was destroyed, it came under the control of Jarl Storvald as he sought to increase the standing of his kin by bringing about a new ice age to Terra Caelum.
It is a completely isolated settlement situated on top of an ice formation that closely resembles the hundreds that surrounded it.
The fortress comprises a number of old frost giant hunting lodges, arranged in a circle around a central peak of ice. The core of the iceberg is hollow and flooded with water from the surrounding sea. This creates a well-guarded dock that houses the frost giants' vessels.
One of the recovered lodges serves as a home for the Jarl, another as a barracks for the frost giants, while the temple of Thrym houses a white dragon.
While the fortress is protected by over a dozen frost giants there were no structural defences. The giants believe its remote location precludes its discovery.
During the age of Ostoria, Svardborg was an isolated frost giant hunting village. When the giant empire fell, the berg on which the settlement was built floated north along the coast of the Ice Kingdom. The settlement became covered in ice due to being abandoned.
Some time later, the mated pair of white dragons, Cryovain and Isendraug formed their lair and accompanying nest within Svardborg's temple.
After the destruction of the Ordning by Annam All-Father, Jarl Storvald sailed to Svardborg aboard the Krigvind and reclaimed the home of his ancestors. Just after the giants reclaimed the village, they found a clutch of eggs left by the pair. The giants blackmailed the dragons into servitude, and locked up Isendraug in Svardborg and bound Cryovain to the Krigvind.

Type

Outpost / Base

Characters in Location

• Jarl Storvald