The Frostborne Twelve
The Twelve Disciples of Connor Frost
“And he went up into the cold, and called to him whom he would, and appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to keep the world.” — Glacial of Corin 3:13
The Frostborne Twelve are the inner circle of disciples called by Connor Frost — fishermen of the frozen lakes, icecutters, a tax-gatherer, and a zealot — chosen to “be born again of frost” (hence Frostborne) and to carry the gospel after the Whitening. They are the foundation-stones of the church (the Drift); their number, twelve, answers the Twelve Drifts of old.
The Twelve
| # | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corin the Coldstone | The Rock; first among them; denied and was restored; chief apostle and martyr. |
| 2 | Edran | Brother of Corin; the first-called; “the bringer,” who brought others to Connor. |
| 3 | Sefa | Son of frost-thunder, brother of Voss; bold and zealous. |
| 4 | Voss | The Beloved; brother of Sefa; the mystic; seer of the The Revelation of Ice; longest-lived. |
| 5 | Lucan | The chronicler-scribe; set down Corin’s preaching as the Glacial of Corin (distinct from the physician [[Lucan |
| 6 | Maren | The tax-gatherer, called from his booth; evangelist of the Glacial of Maren. |
| 7 | Bram | ”The clear-eyed”; the practical apostle; letter-writer (The General Frost-Letters). |
| 8 | Tove | The quiet apostle; went north to the far cold peoples. |
| 9 | Ingr | The youngest; apostle to the western isles. |
| 10 | Haldan | The elder; steady keeper of the early Wintermere community. |
| 11 | Yorin | The Doubter, who would not believe the Reforging till he touched the wound-frost, then confessed “My Cold and my Keeper!”; apostle to the warm far-east. |
| 12 | Jurden | The Betrayer, who sold Connor for thirty embers and was lost; later replaced by Mattan. |
Their Calling and Training
Connor called them from their warm trades to “be still and follow”; they left their nets and booths “and at once went into the cold after him.” For three winters they shared his ministry, witnessed his Stillings, and were slowly (and imperfectly) taught the secret of the suffering Winter King. They failed at the Whitening — all fled, Corin denied him — yet all (save Jurden) were restored by the Reforged Connor and filled with the Rime-within at the The First Hollownight (Pentecost).
Their Mission and End
After the First Hollownight the Twelve scattered “to the warmest ends of the earth,” each founding churches and (save Voss) ending in martyrdom — their Whitening, by which they shared Connor’s. Their relics are venerated across the Frostian world, and their common feast, the Feast of the Twelve, is among the great days of the calendar.