Volkenruhen

Known as a sister city to Eisgardt, Volkenruhen is the launching point for most expeditions into the White Reaches. However, it also serves as a collective meeting place sacred to the orc tribes that worship nature. It also serves as a starting point for any trade goods arriving from the White Reaches to travel further south.

The various clans of half-orcs and orcs form the bulk of power structure, the largest of which is the Icefangs, headed by their chieftain, Gar. Their main rivals are the Bearclaws, led by the matron Hizra. With the collective tribes and the few merchants brave enough to come this far north, Volkenruhen can swell to as large as 18,000 people. Orcs and half-orcs make up the largest percentage, but a handful of human, centaur, mirrorkinder and goliath have been known to make the trek, too.