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Their climate has been described as temperate, so not *literally* frozen
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The '''Southern Scadrians''' are a race on [[Scadrial]]. They were placed at the south pole by [[The Lord Ruler]] during his [[Ascension of the Lord Ruler | Ascension]]. When he moved the planet closer to the sun, he altered the physiology of the [[skaa]] to enable them to survive the ash and the warmer temperatures. However, he also placed an unaltered group of Scadrians at the south pole to act as a control group for his genetic experiments.{{qa ref|727|79|Southern people are genetic control|date=20 October 2008}} The Southern Scadrians lived there without any interaction with the [[Final Empire]] for over a thousand years until the [[Catacendre]]. When [[Harmony]] moved the planet back to its original orbit and orientation, it caused a change in climate that the
== History ==
In the north, years after the death of the Lord Ruler, a man named [[Sazed]] took up both of the planet's [[Shard]]s and [[Final Ascension|Ascended]]. Sazed tried undoing most of the Lord Ruler's changes, setting the continents back in their original places and moving Scadrial back into its original orbit. This event was known to the Northern Scadrians as the [[Catacendre]] or "end of the ash."
Years had gone by and the Ice Death did not end. The Southern peoples failed to recover from it on their own, leading to the almost complete collapse of their society. The reason for this failure has not been revealed, but expeditions from the south to the north have notably shown that Southern peoples still feel unnaturally cold even in Northern Scadrian weather.{{book ref|mb6|19}}
=== The Sovereign (12 years Post-Catacendre) ===
Eventually, a man appeared among the Southern Scadrians offering them help. He gave them devices called the [[Excisors]], which allowed them to create medallions that granted the power of Feruchemical [[Brass#Feruchemical_Use|Heat]]. This new technology enabled them to survive
This man became known as the '''Sovereign''', ruling over his Southern Scadrian followers. He started the tradition of the '''Firemothers''' and '''Firefathers''', people who live only to fill the medallions with heat. After a period of time, the Sovereign took the [[Bands of Mourning]] and hid them in a temple in the mountains. His priests traveled with him, then returned to the southern continent to pass on the legend of the Bands.{{book ref|mb6|21}}
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