As winter’s grip tightens, Raven struggles to make ends meet, wandering the snow-covered mountains for an alchemy job. Alone and desperate, she stumbles into peril—but fate has other plans. A chance encounter with the mountain's sole inhabitant, a reclusive figure with ties to the past, saves her from the brink of disaster. As she slowly regains her strength the two learn of each-other, their encounter staying with them for the rest of their lives.