Permafrost Keep

Most of the Ice Giants who built this castle have long since departed Antonica for the icy shores of Velious. The departure of the giants have left the door open for all manner of arctic creatures that have sought shelter within the keep's cold stone walls, including the legendary Lady Vox, the great white dragon.

The architecture of the keep reflects the size of its builders. Doorways are massive while the ceilings stretch hundreds of feet upwards. Ice Giant culture is carefully depicted in the remaining runes and murals carved into the walls. The keep lies now in a state of general disrepair and its lower levels consist of little more than natural caverns and rough hewn passageways.

The outside of the keep, located in the frozen wilderness of Everfrost Peaks, is made of huge blue and gray stone blocks, covered by patches of ice and snow. Snow is piled up high on the roof and against the walls.

The keep is located in an area surrounded by deep glacial crevasses that have steep, vertical walls made of ice and hard-packed snow. Blowing fog and snow often create low-visibility conditions. The whole landscape is white, frozen, and rough.

It is best to keep to the trails, as it is easy to get lost in the harsh whiteout conditions. Many of the various glacial crevasses are too deep and wide to cross, although some have natural or engineered bridges that span over them. A few have small trails that follow dangerously skinny ledges to the bottom. The floors of the crevasses lead to a hidden entrance to a secret tunnel system, carved through snow and ice below the keep.

Inside the compound, snow and ice blanket the ground, forming many small, sharp bumps and dips, as well as some small hills.

TLInformationRtoc *This is a master quest list that excludes any holiday/event related quests. *All quests listed here, unless noted, can be started and completed as of July 2018. Permafrost is the bastion of the Kromise Ice Giants. They are worshipers of Vox, the White Dragon, and will protect her at all costs. There are no NPC Quests obtained inside the zone, and the main questline is very straight-forward. The majority of time questing here will involve farming the giants for their book drops, which provide an excellent source of Norrathian lore.

Access Quest There is a former access quest for an instance within Permafrost, Drayek's Chamber. It's completion is no longer necessary to enter the instance, however it does off some back-story to the dungeon. *[48] Drayek's Chamber - obtained from Krindal in Everfrost at -1631

Main Series On the first level of the citadel, in the northwest corner, there is a circular room with eight ice statues lining the outer wall. Each statue will start a different quest in the series, which must be done in order (i.e. you can't pick them all up at once). Examine the statue to your immediate right as you enter the room to start the series: -364 #[48] Prove Your Strength #[48] Defeat the Frostpaw Pack Hounds #[49] Incompetence Punished #[48] Rem's Task #[47] Another Challenge Issued #[46] Victor or Victim #[49] Challenge of the Savages #[50] The Final Challenge of the Kromise #[50] The Horn Sounds

Examined Quests *[47] Icegill Elimination - examine a lantern at -599

Book Quests The following are dropped from any giant in the dungeon. They have a slightly higher chance to drop from Ikro Kromise and Kromise Virh but are nonetheless very rare: *[46] "The Age of Scale" *[47] "Ship's Log - Bountiful Mane" *[48] "Destroyer's Folly" *[48] "The Age of Monuments" *[48] "The Words of Freedom" *[48] "Watcher of the Mauls Theriig" *[49] "Bronsin" *[49] "The Age of Cataclysms" *[49] "The Age of Turmoil" *[55] The Minions of the Mighty Creature Cataloging

Other Quests *[45] The Horn of Phrotis - part of a series obtained from General Fandrak in The Feerrott at *[50] Fire and Ice - hallmark quest that involves The Crypt of Vox

Named Monsters :See: Permafrost Named Monsters