Named after a mythic titan who died upon the broken land in his haste to escape a wrathful god, the Gendram Hills refer to the cold, jagged lands between the Cliffs of Dyzan and the Frosteye Mountains. Legends tell that the wicked titan stumbled and fell on the asperous grounds and struck his head on a sharp rock. Blood pumped from the wound for days, seeping into the rocky earth and birthing the race of ogres. Of course, the legend does not account for the existence of other ogres across Áereth, but it certainly is vital to the myths told by the shamans of the many ogre tribes that dwell here.
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A scattering of human barbarian tribes dwell in the Gendram Hills, contesting with the ogres for territory and stolen plunder. Descended from the northern tribes of the Icenwastes, the Gendram barbarians worship Variag, the Icelord. Yet these barbarians are more civilized than their northern kin, and are welcomed into the communities of Morrain if they visit under a banner of peace. Some tribes have made alliances with the Blackthorn Druids in the Ashwood, serving as the druids’ eyes in the ogre-dominated lands. As a result, these human tribes often include rangers and scouts trained by the half-elves of the wood.
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