Ariana is raised as the most prized jewel of the kingdom of Kildrin, a princess dearly loved by all. But everything changes with her inauspicious eleventh birthday. She watches helplessly as the fortress is breached, the palace lit aflame. She narrowly escapes from battle and embarks on a journey to her enemy kingdom, the cold and hunger her only company. There in the north lies the Cold Kingdom of Thebrine, where the ruling Willarks hatch schemes to seize hegemony over all of Arin, and her only chance at survival and vengeance.