"The Frostbane family…
Hasn't always been the one to reign our lands.
Our legacy seems short when compared to the pillar that held the empire before our rise to the top.
My first ancestor's constitution was special, so special that his ability was sought after even by a god.
The goddess of ice, even if incredibly powerful, had never been able to express her powers because of the terrible repercussions on her apostle's bodies.
If for us, Froatbanes, the curse would take less than thirty years to kill us, any normal talented mage would've barely lasted a couple of years before becoming a block of ice.
That's why, faithless people ruled the land.
It was a family known as royals, and they were the ones who united the continent, promoting the great houses as their vassals to look after the territories.
At the time, our house was just a low-rank vassal of the royal family.