"'Winternight' Kailäkinnen, highest shaman of the nomadic Nivese people, has a terrible vision of the future of their lands: He predicts an unending winter, a dark queen, perverted nature and demonic forces - and he seems to be right. But the tribes of the Nivese are not alone in their struggle against these dark forces: Wolf children roam the lands at the command of their powerful wolf mother - searching for help for their people, but scared away by superstitious folk, slain, feared. The powerful wolf mother though has foreseen allies for her children: And who could come better to the aid of the northern people than a brave and dauntless group of heroes, setting out despite all warnings and with trust to the gods in their hearts to defy the darkness - into an uncertain future..."