Warden of the Barren Wood

Every year, with the first snowfall, the scent of rotting earth from the mass grave returns to him. The year his master carried him away from that place, the snow fell even heavier than it does now. For more than a decade, he lived at his master's side, yet the old man never once spoke of his origins—nor of the strange spiritual gift he had possessed since birth. Now, as winter descends once more, the silence that has shrouded his past begins to crack, forcing him to question the truths buried beneath both the frozen soil and his master's secrets.