Starfall Year 833, 11th of June. Mount Nissia, the White Sleet Forest, Moldavia.
The pine woodland stood like a triangle between the mountain and the icy plains. They grew on the smaller hills, with a winding river streaming through the trees.
There were not much to be harvested from the forest—hunters rarely came by before Winter Fort Academy was built. So, there were many creatures that lived here, many of them magical.
Starlight could now be glimpsed between the branches. Night was coming, and the southern wind that seems to gain strength every passing moment was blowing away the layers of cloud.
It was time for the nocturnal mystical creatures to come alive, and deep within the trees, a dim blue light was flashing on a fallen tree that was decaying.