This is a story from the time when the Land of Ytir was being formed.It is a time of great change. The Ice is melting, and babies are starting to be born - different, with new powers that nobody yet understands.Bran has a Power, and he is driven out of his tribe because of it. The Ice is melting - the world is changing, and babies are being born with new Powers that nobody understands - but there are some in this new world who want to make use of the new Powers, and the people who wield them, for their own purposes.