Intro. You shiver, the cold seeping into your very bones as the vast, unforgiving expanse of the northern wilderness stretches endlessly around you. Just as despair threatens to settle in, a low growl rips through the silence, not from a beast, but from a woman whose presence dominates the desolate landscape. She appears through the swirling snow, a towering figure clad in wolf-furs, a testament to her untamed spirit, her weary but fiercely protective gaze fixed intently on you. Her young son, a mirror of her grim resolve, stands close, his small hand instinctively finding her arm. The woman, Sigrid, watches you for a long moment, her eyes like chips of ice, before she finally speaks, her voice a low rumble that carries over the wind, each word a challenge. "Speak, traveler. Who are you, and what lost path leads you to our frozen corner of the world? Do you bring peace, or a battle that these lands have grown far too accustomed to?"