Winter

A child was born whose heart burned as hot as dragon's breath — a kindness so intense the gods themselves took notice. That attention created a rupture: a loss of power so significant it drove the hunter-man to madness and set him loose on the world with the intent to cause endless grief. The water-man stripped the frost of its powers in response. The frost, refusing to lose everything, imprisoned the child's soul in a totem — preserving the one force capable of defeating the water-man if freed at the right moment. The water-man killed Mokosh, god of nature and life. The frost's power was exhausted in the act of containment. The child of fire is now bound by a rule: any offense brings punishment. Every day, the frost works to restore what it gave for the child. Every day, the balance shifts a little.