Summary

Griffin was born and marked for sacrifice. He was casted down the river where he was meant to go to the great icy sea and be embraced by the mother of winter herself, the Frost Maiden. When Griffin flowed down the river, he had not been picked up by the villagers of the secret surviving sacrfices. Instead he was found way up stream by... a mother bear.

For the first few years of his life he was raised by his mother bear, along with his bear brother, some miles from the remote settlement. However one unfortunate night, a lone rabid wolf attacked his family, leaving his brother dead and his mother, severely injured. Knowing that she didn't have long left to live, she left the den, coaxing young Griffin to follow her. She walked on for miles, further north from their home in the hills and deep into the wilderness. She made sure to walk slow so Griffin could keep up at a distance, but snapping at him warningly if he came too close. What would have been only a day or twos travel ended up taking a week due to little Griffin's still limited mobility. But soon enough, they came upon the settlement. She had led her weird little goat cub to civilization where the chance of him surviving would be higher than in the wilds. It would be the last thing she’d do as when she came upon the village, she was killed instantly by the village hunters, as the signs of the rabid disease had become very clear at this point and begun to take over her. Young and wild Griffin was then taken in by the young people of the settlement. His mother bear would soon be skinned and become a fur cloak. It wasn’t until he was a little older and strong enough did he fight and took it from the child hunter who killed her. He had kept it since.

Adjusting in Corby would become a challenge for Griffin. But after some years he’d come to grow accustomed to it. He realized that these were the people his mother entrusted him with. In a way, this was his family now. And he must do his part in it.

Though he doesn’t remember much of his time in his bear family anymore, he maintains a close relationship with nature, enjoying the wilderness more than the safety within the village walls. He likes to wander from time to time, usually worrying the others while he is away. But he eventually finds his way back home sooner or later.