Abbey of the Snows

The Abbey of the Snows was a Chihirite abbey.

History
Located in the Mountains of Light in the Episcopate of St. Zhasyn more than sixty miles west of the Stone Shadow River above the alpine lakes of Langhorne's Tears, the Abbey had existed since the days of the War Against the Fallen, built on the site of an even earlier structure.

During the summer months, pilgrims traveled the narrow, winding, steeply climbing Stone River Valley to spend several five-days in retreat and retrospection in the Abbey's guest quarters.

Sometime before the 6th Century, the Abbey was thoroughly infiltrated by the Sisters of Saint Kohdy. The Sisters of the Snows were instrumental in the secret construction of Saint Kohdy's first, simple tomb in the mountains east of Langhorne's Tears. Only a handful of the Sisters of the Snows knew what was hidden there, but that eventually changed. By the Year of God 897, the entire Order of the Sisters of the Snows had been absorbed into the Sisters of Saint Kohdy.