In Hauke's mind's eye, seven of the eight streams of iridescent energy radiating outward from the Runic Blade of Eternal Ice transformed into wide nets, dragging across the sky in an area that covered several leagues as he gathered up all of the moisture in the air and funneled it toward the the final, eighth stream that connected to the clouds over Hanrahan Town.
Throughout the forest, the tallest trees bent and swayed as frigid winds blew, carrying what little moisture remained in the bitter, frigid air and offering it up like wisps of frozen clouds to the snow storm that slowly gained strength over Hanrahan town.
