Snow Chasers

In the beginning, the Ancient Ones, who came before, covered our world with ice and snow. The winds blew and the snows fell. The earth stood still and frozen. All life stopped … and cried to the heavens. But the cold ice and snow would not stop. It snowed forever, covering everyone and everything. The Ancients knelt and prayed, hoping the Spirit would hear their cries. Young children grew to be old, but for generations the snow continued to fall. The Ancients called this time the Dark Kar Borogans, or dark snow storms. At last the sun came forth, and life went out to view this new world. Tall great sheets of ice stretched out far to the horizon, casting down cold shadows upon the people. No Ancient Ones were alive to pass their wisdom on to others. All life began again at the beginning of this new time … a time of frozen lakes and rivers, a time of cold, long Kar winters, and a time of sweet, short summers.  Time passed and the world grew warmer. The springs became longer and the summers became hotter. Forests grew, and deer and elk returned to roam the new grasslands. Into this new time, man stepped forward to reclaim the land. Villages appeared, garden and crops were planted, and families grew old together. Life was simple and good. The time of the Ancient Ones had passed. The great snowy winters were gone.

All, who were to the north of this world became known now and forever as SNOW CHASERS. They carried their name proudly, for they were the closest tribes to the giant rivers of Kar. Legends told of how they hunted and fought near and on the great rivers of snow. Songs were sung of their powers to chase the snows away and warm the earth. The Snow Chasers were a proud people, with much courage and faith. A faith that had not failed them, even in the darkest of times when the world was cold and frozen. Their faith came from a time before the Ancients, when life was simple like theirs, a time of slaves and kings and sacrifice and war. For many generations this faith had been a spiritual guide to all Snow Chasers in their frozen world.

Now the time had come for two young Snow Chasers to be called by the Spirit of their faith. They were to carry forth to others the light within their hearts and to share the ancient words of their faith. It is at this time that the Great Spirit would shine its light of wisdom and love upon them, these new lands, and their people.