Thaw

A chunk of ice near the Fortress of Ends snapped and fell into the ocean and floated. A shape trapped inside the ice began to awaken from its long slumber, from times long passed, as the ice began drifting towards the Windswept Plateau.

The creature inside could only look while he began to process what is going on. How has it been when he was trapped in the ice? His memory was foggy from the long time he was trapped in the ice.

As the ice got near the waters of Ashfall Waste, he could feel the ice slowly melting. He wanted to get closer to the heat to melt more of the ice from him and be free from the icy prison he was trapped in. However, the ice began to get swept away towards the Starfall Isles instead.

He began to try to remember his past, what he was before being encased in it. Then he remembers. His name is Icewing and he is a Gaoler, a jailer of Icewarden. A prisoner tried to escape and stabbed him, leaving wounds that were too serious to be cured. While the prisoner did not escape, his own life certainly is. The last thing he remembers is the faces of his fellow Gaolers looking at him as he was encased in ice to prevent him from dying.

He could feel the chunk of ice wash up on the shores between the Wandering Contagion and Crystalspine Reaches. When the chunk of ice broke, he freed himself from the ice and staggered towards the Wandering Contagion, hoping to find a way to properly heal his own wounds from a long time ago and return home.