The peoples of the frozen North - a collection of feuding clans whose culture revolves around strength, reputation, and the Named Men who earn renown through combat. The North has no unified government; authority comes from the strength to take it and the loyalty to keep it. Named Men are warriors whose deeds have earned them a name worth remembering, and they form the core of any Northern war band. The Union to the south views the North as barbaric, which is not entirely wrong, but the Union has its own forms of barbarism that it prefers not to examine. The North is home to Logen Ninefingers and the men who follow him, and to the spirits - the ancient inhuman things that inhabit lonely places and answer questions for a price.