Once upon a time, a small village shivered against the golden hills of Em Pheynia. Filled with good and hearty folk, they lived and farmed as best they could in the chilly plains. Yet from the forest near their land came an unnatural breath: a warmth that banished the cold in the woods where birds never sang. And when the monster crept from that forest to prey upon their town, when it ate their brothers and demanded tribute. None rose to stand against it. Until came a boy of ten summers…