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Attack of the Ice Gnomes (Snowball Fight!)

from Winter Wanderland

December 19th, 2025
7 tracks
28:29
Winter Wanderland
Winter Wanderland
Attack of the Ice Gnomes (Snowball Fight!)
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Attack of the Ice Gnomes (Snowball Fight!)
Wanderhall
“I’d stay clear of The Spear if I were you. Ice gnomes live up in ‘em mountains… Build their villages in the valleys and under the glaciers, they do. Sure, they trade good ancient silver for a pint of arak or a well-woven hex, but they’re a mite unpredictable too. Get on their bad side and, well… they can peg a mouse ‘twixt the eyes from a hundred paces away, and those snowballs of theirs sting mightily…” -Erbsto Bederwyc, on the ice gnomes of The Spear near Hawkstone
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When a gnome goes for a walk in the snow...

Old Erbsto Bedherwyc returns, like that one sweater in the back of your closet, with a septet of snowy stories concerning what happens when you sit in the snow for too long and end up with "rosey cheeks." (his words, not mine) Find yourself a mug of spruce ale or your favorite tea and sit by the fire a while if you will. Erbsto likes telling a good story and isn't known to embellish (much).

Album story in the "lyrics"

Credits

All tracks written and recorded in the Thrivinwood by Thee Wandering Gnome on a Korg MiniLogue, Fender Stratocaster, and some dusty old VSTs.
Art and logo by Thee Scrivener of Fenmoss
Art assets from Pixabay
Public domain painting "Glædelig Jul," Artist Unknown, 1885
Many thanks to Hjartans, Hypgnomsis, and Wooden Vessels for sage art advice and putting up with my demos and shenanigans.


Dedicated to the memory of Warren B. (DOTS).
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