In the outer Earth Ring rises the immense Sunken Wastes Massif, a frozen mountain range formed from black ice and ancient storms. Deep beneath its endless glaciers rests the Ice Folk of Atlantis. Usually only their heads are visible through the ice, preserved beneath layers of frozen crystal stretching for kilometers. Some faces appear human while others possess unfamiliar features with elongated eye sockets and translucent bone structures. Their eyes are often half open as if they are still watching the world above. The glaciers shift every season. New faces emerge near the surface while others disappear silently into the depths. Researchers describe strange phenomena surrounding the frozen beings. Light bends unnaturally around them and instruments fail without explanation. Some bodies feel impossibly cold while others seem to radiate faint warmth beneath the ice. Most unsettling is the overwhelming sense of presence. Expeditions often report whispers beneath the glaciers and slow moving shadows trapped deep inside the frozen walls. Many believe the Ice Folk are not dead at all. They are simply waiting for the moment they awaken again.
