Connects to: 03.03, 03.08 and 14.27.
Overview
High up in the mountains is an ancient burial ground in which people were buried (often alive) in pits dug in alpine rubble. The cold dry air of the mountains preserves the bodies so that their features can still be made out. Over the centuries the burial grounds have been looted by generations of grave robbers, with Maris (the owner of Uncle Bertie’s Trading Post at 03.08) cleaning out the last few out of the way graves. She found little gold, but many of the grave goods were so ancient and well-preserved that they were valuable anyway, which allowed her to fund her retirement. Some say that she kept one special piece of treasure for herself and refuses to talk of it or show it to anyone. These days, wise travelers hurry past the ice mummies, for the discarded skulls that dot the mountain paths grin evilly and perhaps the ice mummies are not happy at having their rest disturbed and their wealth stolen.
Connections
- On some foggy nights the skulls of the ice mummies glow with strange runes (03.03).
-The carvings on the bronze blade that was found under the Temple of the Hunt (14.27) seem similar to those on the tombs of the ice mummies. - Algrael the Gelderer saw a lady in white at Mt Scorshia (02.03), who he followed here only to find himself in the embrace of an ice mummy.
Hooks
- What ancient culture buried these people? Is there anything else left of them?
- What were the people who were buried alive given as an offering to?
- Is it true that sprinkling beer across the path will keep any vengeful dead away?
- Are there any graves left that haven’t been looted yet?
- Why were woolly rhinoceroses and other strange beasts buried along with the humans?
- What did Maris find?
