and a storm in my heart
- - Something ancient slumbers beneath the ice. Every year it comes closer to thawing. If we aren't careful, we'll be the ones to wake it
- The forests are endless out here; even those who are at home in them can get lost. Those who wander too far are seldom found, and when they do return home, they're not quite right
- The land was never tamed here; it still belongs to the ancient creatures who have always roamed it. While you may be able to escape the forests if you encounter one of these pick a god and pray. Maybe if you're lucky they'll hear you
- Winter gets longer every year, everyone swears. Everyone makes jokes about the blizzards and going back to colonial living; it's less funny when the blizzards continue into May
- The howling at night is just the wind. Better that than anything else it could be
- You all joke about the moose getting bigger. Sometimes, though, when you're driving at night you swear you see hulking beasts in the trees, just out of sight, and you have to wonder
