Frozen Flindyke

Frozen Flindyke was a collection of near ruins in the Tortured Land, located where a great bridge called Maram's Span (the only bridge in the region) crossed the river Pelauvir. According to the Sage Archembald of Yulash, for uncounted millennia stone giants had guarded the bridge from their ‘mighty citadel of rune-etched iron’ called Moch-Fana, as the river marked the southern borders of their ancient kingdoms. During the final days of the Dawn Age, the giants abandoned their citadel and retreated into the Abbey Mountains to the south. Some time later, gnolls and flinds discovered the citadel and claimed the surrounding region as their own, building up their own rude settlement near the giant sized keep. The community eventually became known to the outside world as Frozen Flindyke, the fabled city of beast men at the heart of the Tortured Land.

Geographical Features
The city was mostly built on the northern side of the Pelauvir river, which ran in an icy canyon below. All of the local environs have been described as being eternally encased in a thin layer of ice.

Trade
the city is known to be supplied with ore from Mount Ghaethlauntar via gnoll sledge caravans.

Defenses
The giantish citadel of Moch-Fana from the Dawn Age was still standing as of 1480 DR; nothing is known as to its condition, it's interior or of its current armaments, if any.

History
In -357 DR, gnoll warriors from Frozen Flindyke participated in a great coalition of peoples from across North Faerun to imprison the primordial Maram. The coalition was successful, though very few of the coalition participants survived both the fight and the subsequent withdrawal.

Inhabitants
As of 1480 DR the city was still inhabited by an uncounted number of gnolls and flinds, who are said to be merciless and clever when dealing with any visitors. All interlopers are attacked on sight.