Eventually everyone has managed to make it across safely thanks to the combined efforts of the party. Their cleverness has made the task reasonably simple and with the fortune of having two gnomes amongst their team, and the virtue of a priestess to make sure they do not freeze to death and dry off their clothes and armor quickly, everyone was soon redressed and toasty warm thanks to their scrying crystals. The crystals had mundane but potent effects of which any of the ladies or the token male can appreciate. For despite the appearance of the cold, their nipples didn't feel so stiff that they could cut diamonds and the obvious shrinkage the tiefling might endure if he ever took a dip in that freezing water. Once everyone was across they wasted no more time lingering about and redressed, donned their armor and moved onwards.<br/><br/>Walking on beyond the lake, and heading on west, all of the heroes were starting to notice that the snow was becoming more heavy and falling more intensely. Which in turn reduces visibility in the woods. The wind lashes on occasion to give the sting of ice crystals upon skin. Fortunately the stones keep them comfortable despite everything. The was definitely now noticeably unnatural as the trees looked increasingly more lifeless, the leaves stripped bare and frost clinging to them. It was almost as if a curse had been planted to make this place remain in a perpetual blizzard. In such a state, there was at least valid concerns from the person behind the false actor portraying a wizard. Either way the team soon heard something off in the distance further ahead, a kind of crackling noise.<br/><br/>(Please make a Perception roll.)