The head flicks with a sharp snapping sound. Its eyes twitch frantically, frozen orbs backlit with the same pale blue that shines from the back of its open, jerking jaw. Its spine releases a similar crack as it straightens to its feet. Upright, the creature appears otherwise human, with pale grey skin that blackens at exposed extremities and clusters of ice crystals that breach and coat the skin, glowing with the same blue light. Its movements are abrupt and unnatural, each accompanied by a breaking sound that would sicken weaker stomachs. Mist falls from its mouth and nostrils as it stiffs at the air.
The creature’s hand whips to the handle of a weapon, clasping with an iron grip. You see a shock of blue from within the monster’s closed palm that then spreads out, coating its weapon in a layer of frost.
Fallen travelers, traders, and other unfortunate victims of the winter may become sustenance for the area’s elements. As their bodies are drained of any warmth and life, the magical cold that fills this void may reanimate them as frostbite zombies. These are similar to undead, though they are driven to consume heat, potentially passing the same magic into their victims.
