🏔️THE 400-WORD LORE STORY

Deep in the northernmost mountains, beyond any human map and hidden behind thousand-foot walls of snow, lies an uncharted world known as The Frostline Peaks—a frozen kingdom of glittering ice caverns, ancient glaciers, and endless white horizons. Few believe it's real, and fewer have survived long enough in the cold to discover its secrets. But long before humans strapped on skis or carved through powder, the mountains already had their masters.

According to whispered alpine legends, ages ago a tribe of primitive apes became trapped during a violent superstorm—one that raged across the world for nine straight years. Cut off from warmth, food, and sunlight, these apes were forced to evolve or perish. The cold cracked their bones, reshaped their instincts, thickened their fur, and hardened their eyes until the Frostline itself accepted them. Their bodies adapted to temperatures that would freeze human blood within seconds. Their minds grew sharper, faster, more connected to the spirit of the storm.

They became known as the Ice Apes, the first species in history to bond with the winter rather than fight against it.

As centuries passed, the Ice Apes built a hidden civilization beneath the glaciers—carving massive hallways through blue ice, forming hot springs inside frozen caves, and building high-altitude training grounds where young Apes learned to leap, climb, and ride the mountain winds. They crafted snowboards from frozen bark, skis from ancient wood, and masks made of crystalized ice. The mountain became their playground, their fortress, and their rite of passage.

But the Ice Apes remained unseen—until now.

With climate shifting, ecosystems weakening, and new explorers trespassing near the Frostline Peaks, the Ice Apes have chosen to step out of hiding. Not in hostility, but in spirit. They want allies. They want adventurers. They want a new generation to join them—3,444 members strong—to protect the mountains and build a winter tribe unlike anything the world has seen.