The Keeper of Winter

An ancient office created by the winter spirits, not to command winter, but to give its power judgment.

In the first age of the Alps, winter had no Keeper. Storms wandered without purpose, and glaciers advanced until whole valleys disappeared. The spirits created the first Keeper to bring judgment to that power, with six duties to carry: mercy, memory, courage in uncertainty, restraint, renewal, and hope. In the Cave of Blue Ice, an ancient voice speaks that title to fifteen-year-old Lukas Keller.