<em>Players: Zaer Darkwail, Kimera, Kunoichi, and Muse.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>The tale begins as many of its kind do - in a tavern. Outside it is a cold and snowy winter night, the temperature - hovering just below freezing by day - plunging into seemingly bottomless depths in the darkness. Snow and wind conspire to block out the light of moon and stars in the heavens above, while on earth below they create massive snowdrifts across the Old Road leading to the town of Oakhurst.<br/><br/>But inside the<em>Dreamy Dryad</em>, Oakhurst's tavern, the fireplace roars with light, warmth and cheer, the beer is cold and plentiful, and the serving wenches and pretty and perky. The winter solstice draws close, and with it the promise of longer days and a distant spring to look forward to. But for now, the winter season is in full swing.