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The people of Ten Towns are firmly in Auril's icy clutches Image by Wizards of the Coast [5 min read] SPOILER WARNING for Rime of the Frostmaiden - the first half of this article contains minor spoilers, but then the second half has a major spoiler warning.  When building my character, Sigurd Jarlsson , for the Tyranny of Dragons campaign, I wanted more details on his place of upbringing - the Ten Towns in Icewind Dale. So I bought Rime of the Frostmaiden adventure, which does provide helpful context about the region. I then decided to try my hand at solo D&D, and started the module with two important characters from Sigurd's life - his father, Harald Elkhardt (minor lord of the Elk tribe of Reghed barbarians) and Remallia Haventree (a wood elf Druid, member of the Harpers). Later, I freed a third character from imprisonment, Wynne Wayfarer (an Eladrin Bladesinger), to join them. Given the importance of Harald, whom Sigurd was always trying to impress, and Remallia, who in...

  Image by D&D Beyond [4 min read] Sigurd Jarlsson is my College of Valour Bard currently being played in the Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign. Part of Sigurd's back story is the motivation to prove to his father, whom he idolises, that he is worthy of his respect as a warrior.  Harald Elkhardt , Sigurd's father, is a minor jarl in the Elk Tribe of the Reghed barbarians of Icewind Dale and a celebrated gladiator and hero of Ten Towns. I am playing him as a character in my solo run of Rime of the Frostmaiden . With Sigurd being a skald who sings ballads and recites sagas of legendary heroes, I found myself creating short story snippets of key figures from the frozen north to drop into my game sessions when roleplaying. The names of  Wulfgar and the Companions of the Hall, Jerod the barbarian shaman who united both the Reghed and Uthgardht peoples, and  Revjak the king of the Tribe of the Elk in Icewind Dale have all been referenced when called on to perform....