The Roaring Refuge

The Roaring Refuge – Winter Island Climate

	The Roaring Refuge is an underground city characterized by the rushing waters that run through it's caverns producing a constant dull roar. The city connects to a series of mines dug by teams of horse sized domesticated moles and their riders. The miners rely on the hearing of these moles as digging into the wrong cavern can lead to sudden flooding and drowning.

During the day the city is lit by the roots of sun trees which act like fiber optic cable transferring sunlight from above to warm the earth beneath them and prevent their roots from freezing. The city itself is consistently only a few degrees C above freezing.

At night glow worms hanging from the roofs of these caverns provide a dull green light, these worms are farmed and used as a component of the locals lamps which they dye to glow in dozens of colors.

The king of this country, Sigmund Biel is also the head miner and user of the mole mole fruit. He is known to be blind but due to the devil fruit and his use of observation haki he does not appear inconvenienced by his blindness.