Amid the arctic mist there lurks a beast with a heavy countenance, bound by a coat of thick white fur. It lives on the edge of existence among the ice and whistling winds, feeding on Jedi, Sea Cows, Polar Bears and once in every long while an intrepid explorer.
The Arctic Beast is king of its world save for one legion of fellows. On another plane they live, for they are shadows of vengeance from the rest of the distant world. The six month long darkness is haunted by spirits; the fog is disturbed by the winter walking dead. Their nearby presence lays a curse on the beast, following its waking life and presiding over its dreams.
There is an onlooker, a great observer, a wizard. Long of beard and deep of wisdom, the Wizard possesses a power, a sound to rival the curse that carries on the air and far inside the fog, the wind through Wizard’s beard. And the wizard rides a sure footed mountain goat, with eyes of burning black coal. The speed of hell’s blizzard drives his hooves, A spirit of dark clawed justice to hold a razor hoof to the throat of the ancient winter curse.
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