@CollectorOfMyst Hey, how's the CS coming along? I think you're the last person we're waiting on. Once I get your CS I'll start working on Ragnar's relationships with everyone.
@Draken I'd say the median temperature within the aegis is still intensely cold. I picture the slums of Varya being a place where people die out in the streets from the cold every day. Poorer homes would have miniature ether lamps to protect from the more intense cold but it'd still be chilly inside, while wealthier people would have powerful ether machines in their mansions and palaces that'd allow them to walk around naked if they wanted to.
Outside the aegis, the weather would be magnitudes colder than the coldest temperature recorded in our world, which is why the aegis is absolutely necessary. Without an aegis, and while wearing proper equipment, soldiers can survive in the icefields for about an hour before succumbing to the cold, while Muraadans, who have lived in the northern icelands for centuries, can survive outside of an aegis for double that amount of time.
I should also mention that due to the battle between the two titans eons ago, this world is all fucked and weird. There is no rain anywhere on the continent, only blizzards and hailstorms. And while there is a day/night cycle, there are no stars or celestial objects to be glimpsed. The sky goes from stark white to a muddy grey to pitch black. Clouds do exist and thundersnow (google it, it's rad!) is a common occurrence out in the icefields.
@shylarahAw, she's precious! Does she typically wear white while not wearing her Inquisitor uniform? Makes her look like an actual benevolent priestess and not a warpriest serving a horrible god. :p