The town of Llandrain rests on the shore of Snowdown at the northernmost terminus of Snowdown Ride, a well-maintained road that runs the length of the island. The town is home to most of the mining outfits that pull valuable metals and minerals from the Andover Heights. The Amnian merchants who oversee the pillaging of the island’s resources have set up a team of mercenary dwarf miners and guards that are brutally efficient at their jobs. Llandrain’s docks are not safe, because of both the reefs that riddle the harbor and the pirates and Northlander raiders that patrol the northern side of Snowdown. Most of the goods that come into or leave Llandrain travel by the Snowdown Ride, which is well patrolled by Amnian mercenaries.

Llandrain also has the largest and most rapidly growing group of Moonshae patriots loyal to House Kendrick. They bide their time, waiting to fight against Amn on behalf of their high king. The leader of the patriots is a Ffolk blacksmith named Miles Maddoch. Although his trade obliges him to forge the tools that the dwarf miners use in their operations, he despises them and all the other Amnian workers who have made Snowdown their own.