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Beyond the last dying forests and the edge of all known maps lies Nythera, a land where winter does not pass but reigns eternal. The winds there howl like ancient spirits, carving the ice into jagged cathedrals beneath which its people dwell—in caves of frozen crystal and huts bound with bone and frost-hardened timber. They are a hardened folk, shaped by blizzard and scarcity, their lives measured not in years but in storms survived. Across the endless white, their warriors ride great dire wolves, swift as the cutting gale, bound to them by loyalty forged in blood and survival.
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00:04Nithera is a land where the cold seeps into a man's bones, but it is the people who make it
00:11cruel. Beneath the ice lie vast caverns where nobles and warlords hoard warmth and wealth,
00:19while above, the common folk scrape out a life in caves and huts, all of them alike,
00:25pale, hollow, and stripped of difference by the endless winter. I walked into one of those
00:32hidden halls and met a warlord who thought himself master of that frozen dark. I slew him in fair
00:39combat, steel against steel, and left him broken upon his own stone. But death here breeds vengeance,
00:48a pale white woman who is not only his sister but also his wife, as their twisted customs
00:55decree, now hunts me with a fury colder than the wind, her hatred stalking me through the silent
01:02sameness of this land. Let her come. I have not crossed half the world to be undone by ice and
01:10grief.
01:29What spirit approaches in this storm? Easy now, I mean no harm. Together, we endure.
01:36Snow has been our cradle and our shield. For centuries, we have walked unseen, deeper than
01:42storms could reach. In the heart of the winter spine, neither of these endure. Within these
01:46caverns, we built a home of fire and ice, a city carved from stone, lit by the breath of
01:51the earth. We are the Nither'ins, born of the land of always winter. We endure in mountain
01:57caves. Our civilization hidden from the world.
02:05Welcome back. The market's full today. The heart of Nytheris still beats. Come,
02:11there's much to do. Our people have endured the long winter, and they will endure the next.
02:26The trail is still warm. He can't have gone far. If he means to flee north,
02:29he'll think the cold will hide him. Then we'll let the cold guide us. Blood in the prince,
02:33he's wounded. That will slow him. And when we find him, Kelric, our brother will be avenged.
02:40Gather a scout team. Find the barbarian who killed my brother. Yes, my lord. Bring me his head. Go now.
02:51The frost whispers our dominion. Our will binds the eternal winter. Rise and witness our eternal reign.
02:59None shall defy the ice. Onward, brave steed, to warmer lands.
03:06We made it. The green valley. The hill.