The Winter Ritual

At the great Archipelago between continent 9 and continent 7 there is a cycle.

This cycle brings cold, a overpowering, unnatural, magical winter.

Cycles
The cycles comes and goes, it's a undetermined amount of time between each winter, many cases it's move then 75 years. When the cycle start the water freeze overnight and won't melt during the day, after that it will only get colder. The magical winter will remain until a ritual have been performed at a broken tower.

The Ritual
No one knows who made the broken tower nor what started the cycles, nor does anyone know the reason for it or how it works.

When you approach the tower with a minimum of nine people three will be chosen, the chosen onces move inside the tower and perform it as detailed by the runes on the tower's walls. When the ritual is completed the three chosen onces dies, the magical winter is contained inside the broken tower and the tower freeze solid. The cycle reach it's end as the winter is contained for a unknown amount of years in the tower.

Three archetypes is preferred when being chosen for the ritual, a few stones that details their description and name exist outside the tower.

The Love-All
The Love-All goes to the tower for the love they feel to their family, the friends, their home and land. They love it so much that they willingly sacrifice themselves to save others.

The tower refers this person as "When he leaves the world, he will be missed by many".

The Learn-Help
The Learn-Help just want to increase his knowledge to help others, they are teachers, advisors and scholars. They reach the tower during the cycle because they just want to help, they are often there to help someone else to reach the tower.

The tower refers this person as "When he leaves the world, he will be remembered by his students".

The Traitor-Sorrow
Traitor, damned and filled with regret for his actions. The Traitor-Sorrow is a man who performed a act of betrayal and then feel nothing but sorrow and regret for his action. They seek out the tower to end their life or at least, to redeem part of themselves, even if only for themselves.

The tower refers this person as "When he leaves the world, none will know he is gone".

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 * Initial idea
 * Archetypes