500 years ago from the frozen far north, beyond the civilized lands, arose a mighty army of frost giants and fearsome orcs, servants all of the ice god Thrym. So began the terrible Blizzard War and the downfall of the mighty empires of man. Today, with the southern lands nominally victorious, they suffer its legacy still. Winters grow longer and colder, huge swathes of the land are permanently covered in ice and snow, harvest fail, winter is lethal. With the Siphoning making magic unpredictable at best, deadly at worst – who will stand before the terrible grip of Hellfrost?