It snowed continuously for several days, and the snow on the ground had already reached past knee height, making walking outside quite inconvenient.
This winter was strangely cold, and after the snowfall, the weather became even colder. Although it wasn't cold enough to freeze water in an instant, the Vine Tribe's pond and the flowing stream quickly froze over.
Such cold weather caused suffering not only for the people from various tribes but also for animals that don't hibernate.
Even the Divine Vine on Stone Mountain seemed to enter a dormant state when covered with snow and ice, as silent as if timelessly unchanged.
During snowy days, most people of the Vine Tribe stayed indoors, relying on the food and firewood stockpiled in autumn to get by.
Even the giant eagle raised by the Old Witch only went out to forage when it wasn't snowing, and it didn't always manage to catch prey.
