Vershond is returning to the lands of the north after having been taken south by his parents and a number of other families who were trying to find a way to flee south. Coming to the ice wall that blocked off all travel any further, they would spend many years, and most of his life exploring the wall and failing to find a way past it, only heading north to either resupply or to hunt. Now, after having gained the age of adulthood, he has decided to return north and leave the southern reaches of Atlas, intent on making his own mark besides being just another one of a roaming bad of nomads.