81st Turn, Seventh Year, Fifteenth Cycle, Byrday

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From the Journal of Aframos Longjourney, Pilgrim

With notes by Avos Torr, Scholar of Rheve Library

Byrday, 15th Cycle, Seventh Year, 81st Turn

Fourteenth Day in the Trees

Snow. I have heard of it, of course, but I had never seen it before¹. I hadn't been certain at first, when I saw the small drifts in the shadows of bushes and rocks, but when I touched it, it was cold as Firstnight, and turned to water in my hands.

I had noticed it had been getting colder as I walked, but I had not thought anything of it. But seeing snow, I realized that it must be much colder. How is this possible, when it was so hot only a cycle ago? I had not thought I had travelled so far.

I thought to keep going through, but soon the snow was getting ever deeper, even reaching into places where the sun fell². When the path was no longer clear of it, I had to turn back. My robes are not enough to keep me warm. Until I can find a place to get something warmer, I will need to turn back. It will mean backtracking a cycle, but I have time.

It will mean chancing more encounters with the intruder, but it cannot be helped. Perhaps I will find something that will be of some help.

At least I know most of the dangers on the way, as well as good places to camp. I should be able to make the return trip without incident.

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Footnotes

1. Temperatures do occasionally reach freezing in the Baro, but the atmospheric conditions needed to make snow are extremely unlikely.

2. It's entirely possible that Aframos had reached the Wintered Lands by that point. If so, turning back was his best option. It's no place to go unprepared.