Istridosmenn

Literally translating into common as ‘warriors of ice’, the Istridosmenn inhabit the freezing, mountainous island of Sidaheilia. They are a nomadic people, consisting of many tribes who war with one another about as often as they cooperate. When they are working together, they tend to raid the northern coasts of mainland Thraddia, taking food, gold and occasionally women back to their homeland, and are renowned as very skilled sailors, navigating the icy paths around Sidaheilia. They tend to worship Tempus, the god of honourable combat and bloody war, although some of the eviler tribes may worship Hextiyr, the god of discord. Istridosmenn are a male-dominated society, and females are rarely seen beyond the borders of Sidaheilia, although some women are occasionally used as Shamanic druids or sorcerers.