The moment Patrick stepped through the Ice Crystal Gate, the scenery around him changed abruptly. He arrived in a region covered in ice and snow, surrounded by mountains and countless ice sculptures of dwarves and ice giants. His Spiritual Power revealed a ruined platform in the distance. From what he remembered, that should have been the Temple of Life, with the taunka's Tunka'lo Camp and the Echo Plains above it.
Patrick himself should have been in Thunderfall in the Storm Peaks. It lay in the eastern part of the Storm Peaks, surrounded by mountains, with only one route allowing free access to Thunderfall from Dun Niffelem. Patrick had visited this place quite a few times.
Loken, one of the Guardians left behind by the Titans, had fallen under the influence of the Old Gods and killed his brother Thorim's wife, Sif. After his wife's death, Thorim had sunk into immense grief and had all but lost the will to recover.
His old friend Hodir had wanted to help Thorim pull himself together, but Thorim had remained despondent. With Loken meddling as well, the relationship between Thorim and Hodir had gradually cooled. In the end, Hodir had returned to Ulduar and vanished without further word, while war had also erupted among his followers (the war between the Hyldnir female Vrykul and the Sons of Hodir).
Thunderfall had been formed when the warhammer Thorim threw landed there, putting an end to the war between the Hyldnir female Vrykul and the Sons of Hodir.
"Hello, little fellow." A being made of ice appeared before Patrick, with a body formed from frost, sharp claws made of ice elemental energy, and scarlet light shining straight from his eyes.
"Who are you? What do you want with me?" Patrick was full of wariness. The instant the