Editing Frost Folk (section)

===Frostblood Fluff===
In the uncharted reaches of northern mountains, a cult of blue-skinned humans known as the Frostbloods pay homage, with blood and sacrifice, to their chained lord [[Cryonax]]. Few civilized people know of this cult. Only the wild folk who live on the borders of civilization and the wild north know of the existence of the Frostblood cult. Even among the wild barbarians and uncivilized tribes of the north, the Frostbloods are shunned and condemned as cannibals and monsters.

No one knows how many Frostblood cultists exist. Their organization is broken up into separate tribes that roam the frozen wastes. Their tribes are mostly nomadic, traveling in groups of eighteen to thirty.

'''The Blood of Frost:''' Born human, Frostbloods must undergo three rituals at different points in their lives to become Frostbloods. Each of these rituals proves fatal to half of those who undergo it, thus keeping the total number of adult Frostbloods low. During the first ritual, a drop of Cryonax’s blood, diluted through its transfer between the [[Elemental Chaos]] and the mortal world, is fed to a child of four years. If the child survives, it ingests another larger amount of the blood at age twelve. Finally, at age seventeen, the young adult is given the final largest dose of the black liquid. This infuses the new Frostblood with terrible visions of the chained lord, Cryonax, atop his plateau in the swirling storms of chaos. It also gives the Frostblood a touch of his power and turns the young adult’s skin blue. The newcomer’s blood grows as cold as ice, and his or her body is brought to the edge of death. A candidate who survives this final transformation awakens as a member of the Frostblood cult.

'''Feeders of Flesh:''' The northern tribes are right to fear and shun the Frostbloods. Any humanoids captured by the Frostbloods are designated either as sacrifices to Cryonax or as food. The Frostbloods consider themselves beyond mortality and ingest the fresh warm blood and flesh of their mortal victims. Horrid tales spread among the northern tribes tell of large herds of captured slaves held by multiple Frostblood warbands as a surplus of food for the tribes.

'''Beings of Ritual:''' The Frostbloods revere Cryonax. They believe the ingestion of the blood of Cryonax is necessary, and they slaughter any who dare speak against the ritual.

'''The Trials:''' Disagreements between members of the Frostblood often leads to the tribes’ only form of justice: the Trial. When two members of the tribe or two tribal leaders feud over a topic, they are both placed in a ring infused with the glyphs of winter to battle one another. The victor in this battle opens up the chest of the fallen and devours the defeated opponent’s heart. Frostblood [[witch]]es often reanimate the victim as a [[zombie]] shambler to serve the victor until the victor’s own death.