Bertha & Ice Castle

Bertha, she/her, Island Turtle:
- This turtle drifts through the sky, exactly like the islands of the Island Ring. Many civilizations make their home atop an Island Turtle.
  - Island Shell: The Island Turtle has a whole Location on top of its back. Destroying the turtle destroys this Location.
  - Taxi Turtle: The Island Turtle is big and sleepy, but friendly. As long as you catch it when its awake, it is willing to take you (and its entire Location) to any nearby destination, no questions asked.

Bertha is a huge flying turtle. Her shell is hunrdeds of feet across. Her shell supports a castle made of ice and inhabited by Rain.

Ice Castle
- A castle made of ice on Bertha’s shell. Bernard built it with his ice powers over several years.
- Bernard reigns from here, protected by secret bodyguards. Gertrude greets visitors and arranges appointments. Various other Rain also live and work here.

Response Level: 2

Frozen: This place is very cold, and requires cold protection.
Famine: When the Fellowship tries to Fill Their Belly here, one of them must first pay a price.

Minimum response level: 2

Bernard, he/him, Rain King
- Bernard is a large man, all polished facets of ice, with a crown of ice crystals (probably part of his body) on his head.
  - Threat to the World: Anyone taking direct action again him has Despair.
  - Freezing Touch: Anything touching Bernard will rapidly lose all heat, becoming coated in a thin layer of ice within moments. Anyone frozen this way cannot use any frozen parts of their body, and if they become fully frozen, they are Taken Out.
  - Snowstorm: Snow follows Bernard wherever he goes. This makes any area with Bernard slippery and unsafe by default.

Gertrude she/her, Rain steward
- Iridescent Rain: A curiously beautiful monster that glistens in the sun.
  - Rainbow Glow: Anyone within the iridescent rain’s light is filled with Hope, unless they are rolling against the iridescent rain.
  - Water Jets: The iridescent rain can blast away anyone it pleases, sending them flying away from it on a jet of water. Only those within Melee range can be blasted away by this attack.
Bodyguards/Assassins, various, Rain
- Shadow Rain: A sneaky and deadly slime that strikes from darkness.
  - Ambush Tactics: When attacking someone who does not know where the shadow rain is attacking from, it is Piercing and Necrotic.
  - Mostly Invisible: Shadow rain is Secret, and remains Secret until this stat is damaged. In addition, nobody can see the shadow rain’s attacks coming while it is Secret. This stat becomes damaged if anyone Looks Closely in an area with shadow rain hiding in it