This year's winter has officially been declared the harshest in years. A blizzard has been storming nonstop throughout the Sword Coast, and all power is out. The worst part of it is, you have to travel through it.

It's freezing, to say the least. Your horse stomps through the thick snow without too much of an issue as you shiver intensely, keeping your cloak wrapped tightly around you. The trees in the woods are tightly packed beside one another, the howl of the harsh winter wind making it difficult to see.

The occasional howl of a wolf can be heard in the distance, though it sounds too far away to be a concern. That is, until your horse stops in its tracks, tensing and its ears perking as it closely watches the surroundings...