Ostoria

Ostoria (meaning "father's seat" in Jotun), also called The Colossal Kingdom, was the original kingdom of the giants.

History
Ostoria was founded by Annam All-Father circa -30000 DR to celebrate the last of his sons coming of age. As the kingdom grew, Annam split it up so that each of his favored sons could acquire part of it. The capital of Ostoria became a citadel built by Lanaxis called Voninheim.

When the dragons began posing a threat circa -26000 DR, Ostoria went to war with them. This war would last over a thousand years, and Ostoria was reduced greatly when the end of the war came, restricted to the north of Faerûn.

Ostoria ceased to exist in -2475 DR, 75 years after the death of the god Ulutiu in -2550 DR caused his amulet to freeze a large region of Faerûn's north (present-day Pelvuria), which caused Ostoria to be slowly swallowed by the Great Glacier. The final blow came with the deaths of most of Annam's sons, despite Lanaxis's efforts to save the kingdom.

Geography
At the peak of its power circa -28000 DR, Ostoria occupied an area of Faerûn stretching from the Vilhon Reach in the south to the lands now covered by the Great Glacier in the north, and from the Savage Frontier in the west to the Cold Lands in the east.

Inhabitants
Besides giants, the empire of Ostoria included elves and goblinoids, who lived as either subjects or slaves. Some parts of the kingdom even kept them to specific territories.

Notable Locations

 * Voninheim, the ancient capital in the Ice Spires
 * Eye of the All-Father, an ancient temple to Annam in the Spine of the World
 * Ironslag, an adamantine forge in the Ice Spires
 * Svardborg, a whaling village in the Sea of Moving Ice
 * Kultaakarr, a subkingdom in the Cold Lands
 * Gharreil, a city in Alpuk

Appearances

 * Storm King's Thunder (mentioned)