“First rule of surviving out here on the flats: never trust the ice.”
—Kuluk, Tugit icefisher

Butani Pass's trails change as the snow falls, confounding even the most seasoned explorers.

“This is for my family, monster.”
—Lhosei

“Suddenly, Nami cried out that she'd seen a beautiful woman across the ice. I tried to grab her arm, but in an instant she was gone, and that was the last any of us ever saw of her.”
—Suwaya, Alruq scout

“Even the Veil itself seems to be rotting.”
—Lhosei

A shaman gave her own life to create it, and her grudges are all it knows.

“Solara may have taken our sun, but we never needed it to protect this world from the Crossed.”
—Jirrisa, Neqanak chieftain

Their beats sound out a resounding tune of disaster and death.

“I'll keep you safe from the Crossed. All I ask in return is a little flesh.”

“Those that deny me will be left begging for a dawn that only I can bring.”
—Solara, Sun Speaker

Lhosei scoured the ruins of Paro Katsang monastery for hours, desperately hoping not to uncover the bones of her family.

“My shrine used to be a refuge for friendly totemic spirits. But since Solara's coming the things I have seen there only fill me with dread.”
—Nakalu, shrine curator

“Be like the night, and adapt to your circumstances no matter how hopeless.”
—Atrah of the First Word

“Let my family consider me dead. I'm better off without them.”

Niyma, Lhosei and Sonam's daughter, turned to powers forbidden by her father in her efforts to survive in the wilds.