Tardrix is a region of extremes, with a frozen glacial zone to the west and a volcanic nightmare to the east. Both of these landmasses are cut off from the rest of Veargreums central population. Most of the glacial landmass is bombarded by a constant blizzard, known as the Frostmaw. This weather abnormality is believed to be caused by an ancient creature slumbering somewhere beneath the eternal storm. The natives of Tardrixs mostly inhabit the high mountains present in the region, that stretch up above the storm. Here in these high altitudes the temperature is still quite cold but tolerable for its inhabitants. The inhabitants I speak of are a race of giant humanoid turtle-folk. These hardy folk possess large bulky bodies standing about 8ft tall and shells to help protect them from the cold. A nomadic people, these turtle-folk spend most of their lives in the frigid mountains above the Frostmaw. When they need to journey to the coast for trade or travel they utilize special gondola systems. This mode of transport helps keep them safe from the Frostmaw below. However, those who have survived the Frostmaw tell tales of temperatures so cold even fire magic is extinguished. If that wasn’t bad enough the desolate landscape is also marred by beasts so large they almost seem to give the storm legs of their own.

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Then there is the volcanic region known as Camenisa's Cauldron, which long ago was a desert called Jewelhold. What was once a harsh desert turned into a nightmare as the dormant volcano range suddenly erupted, laying waste to Jewelhold and its citizens. Today the land is much different, with the lowlands being plagued with constant thunderstorms. These storms have turned the once dry desert into black glass dunes called the Sea of Glass. Then of course the mountain peaks are filled with dark plumes of smog and bubbling magma. Despite the inhospitable conditions the new residents of Camenisa's Cauldron do quite well. Most of them are humanoid races that have a much higher tolerance for heat and flames. Even the city they built called Caldera was built right in the center of one of the volcanos. Down there the heat resistant races forge obsidian armor and fish on a lake of lava.