"The men of the tundra"
The tribes north of the Ten Towns eke
out a harsh and bitter life on the tundra
between the Reghed glacier (part of the
Endless Ice Seal and the Sea of Moving
Ice. The men of the tundra are tall, taller
than most southerners by a head.

They tend to be fair haired (blond, red
or light brown) and blue-eyed. Like all
barbarians, they are suspicious of magic,
equating it with both weakness and
evil. The only power they recognize is
the power of a man?s weapon arm.
Each of their several tribes was formerly
ruled by a king. Known tribes
were the Tribe of the Elk, the Tribe of
the Wolf, the Tribe of the Bear, and the
Tribe of the Tiger.

In the recent past, they sought to
invade the Ten-Towns of Icewind Dale,
only to be repulsed by an unexpected
alliance of the Towns themselves and
the dwarves of Kelvin's Cairn. The barbarian
warriors were destroyed.

Heafstaag, the wily king of the Tribe
of the Elk, allied the survivors with the
evil wizard Akar Kessell for the evil wizard's
attack on the Ten Towns. Wulfgar,
a barbarian youth whose life had been
spared by the dwarf Bruenor, slew
Heafstaag in a challenge combat and
became king. He brought the barbarians
to the Ten Towns, but as allies of the
Townsfolk, not enemies. With their aid,
the Townsfolk repulsed Kessell?s horde.
Now only a few small tribes roam the
wilderness, the others dwell in the Ten-
Towns, slowly learning the ways of civilization.
Their leader is Revjak, an older
barbarian who succeeded Wulfgar
Dragon-slayer, and who rules from
Caer-Konig, which the barbarians
rebuilt (along with Bremen) after the
battle.

The tundra barbarians worship tribal
beast totems and Tempos god of battle
(their name for the war-god Tempus).
Unlike the Uthgardt barbarians, the
tundra barbarian shamans cannot call
upon their totem's beast power.

GAME INFORMATION: These barbarians are
identical to the fighter subclass described in UA.
The barbarians dwelling on the tundra
can raise a horde of 250 men. The barbarians
in the towns can manage 500.