Winter collector
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Winter collectors are artifacts created by Baba Yaga for the purpose of gathering winter energies from multiple planets and planes, and feeding them to a receiver in Whitethrone, the capital of Irrisen, powering that nation's endless winter.1
Dozens of winter collectors are known to exist. All of them function exactly the same, but no two look identical, and each one can only be destroyed in a unique fashion. All are protected by creatures, traps, inhospitable conditions, or a combination of all three:
- Antarctica, Earth: an obsidian spike that summons daemons to defend it when disturbed.
- Beurdreda: this winter collector is housed deep inside the core of a frozen moon located in a distant solar system.
- Ketkalkitrex: a massive city in the Plane of Water near the border with the Plane of Air, whose winter collector is housed in a spire, home to cruel, stoic faydhaans.2
- Thrice-Tenth Kingdom: this winter collector, guarded by icy fey, is built on the summit of the largest mountain in Baba Yaga's realm in the First World.
- Triaxus: Baba Yaga bribed a local white dragon to guard this winter collector, which is located in the northern Drakelands, near the north pole of the planet.1
Winter collectors radiate an aura of cold and allow instant, one-way travel to the Royal Palace in Whitethrone, where the receiver is located. Destruction of the winter collectors is likely to weaken the receiver.1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 . “Continuing the Campaign” in The Witch Queen's Revenge, 67–68. Paizo Inc., 2013
- ↑ Paizo referred to faydhaans as marids until the publication of Rage of Elements. See Rage of Elements pg. 3 and Pathfinder Core Preview pg. 2.