Snowfire Night

Frostgrave Glyphs

In the shelter's hearth, burning scripture pages cast warped shadows on ice walls. Kain's new spine hummed with silver-dust energy, stardust particles mending cracks in the clay doll's neck. As the final fissure sealed, a hidden hologram activated—Leah at seven, kneeling in radioactive clay, nose dotted with glowing mud.

"Look, brother!" The projection showed her raising a lopsided cup carved with sunflowers. "For your stolen ale!"

Alys froze mid-polish. The Frostfire Scepter's runes mirrored her cracked birthmark—their patterns identical to the Lullaby sheet music etched high on the walls. A purged memory surged: five-year-old Alys curled in Ilana's arms, watching silver blood seep from notes her mother carved into an ice coffin.

Mechanical Afterglow

A metallic snap startled the group. Rusty parts self-assembled into Nurse-mech Noah, its gear-fused fingers grinding irradiated cocoa beans. As the grinder whirred, Selene's eye flashed with deleted data—Cinder's last gift, retrofitted with the Judgment Sword before the Final Throne's destruction.

"Protocol 7: Emotional sustenance advised." Noah slid steaming mugs toward Alys, radiation dust in hers shimmering under silver light. "Caloric intake essential for Antarctic survival."

When Alys channeled frostfire into its core, Noah's vocalizer glitched. A distorted Lullaby echoed through the shelter—the exact sonic key to Ilana's Antarctic penance vault.

Absolution Cipher

Midnight explosions shattered the ice. Church knights forged from black blood advanced through fire. Alys unleashed the Frostfire Scepter's full power, ice and lava tornadoes cracking a knight's visor to reveal Ilana's pallid face.

"Vessel... must awaken..." The knight's chainsaw sword plunged into permafrost, glowing green liquid oozing from Alys' birthmark. "Break... chains..."

Kain's silver dragon-shredded the knight's armor. A silver chip fell into crevasse depths. Selene's mecha-bees retrieved it, Cinder's scrawl visible: "Antarctic Penance Vault @■■■. Bring rad-grilled meat."

Aurora Epitaph

Post-battle, Noah's arm spasmed. Its dying act arranged irradiated hash browns into a cake shape, rusted speaker playing Cinder's recording: "If you're hearing this... hit the Northern Bazaar for me..."

Kain's spine projected phantom candlelight, illuminating frost-covered wall carvings—Cinder's "Survive" etched by Judgment Sword, glowing anew.

As auroras pierced radiation clouds, a crucifix graveyard emerged on the ice horizon. The tallest tombstone listed all test subject codes, Kain & Alys at the bottom. A half-buried clay doll fragment nestled in its ice rose, Leah's sunflower unfurling under the aurora's glow.