The Maps of Myrist: The

In the Elder Age, the ogres, giants and goblins conquered much of Norrath and began an assault on the Plane of Earth. This precipitated retribution from The Rathe in the form of a great curse against all of Rallos Zek's creations.

The fertile, northern homelands of the giants were frozen in the wake of the curse, and those giants caught in this epicenter were transformed wholly into immortal creatures of living ice. Those creatures of Zek, orcs and goblins who were not uncommon in this region were struck to the core of their beings, becoming lesser creatures in mind and body than they had been.

This frozen north is now known as Everfrost, and in the centuries following the fall of Zek's races it has become the homeland of the Northmen of Antonica. Linked to the rest of the world by the tunnels of Blackburrow, Everfrost crowns the northernmost reach of Antonica. The thick sheet of ice and year-round fall of snow, make this region the beautiful but deadly white jewel of Antonica.

Goblins, Snow Orcs, and giants alike continue live in the north. When the barbarians settled in this region, they fought valiantly and relentlessly against these monsters in the hopes of claiming a homeland in the name of their then patron deity and attributed creator, Mithaniel Marr. Eventually the barbarians would gain enough advantage over their cursed foes to secure a permanent stronghold named after Halas, a war hero responsible for their victory. To this day, the tension between the tribal orcs and goblins and the barbarians of Halas continues to rage.