Pondwatcher is a young Elven barbarian from the frozen tundras of Irrisen. He was exiled from his tribe after his mother led a bloody rebellion against the local white dragon who was dominating the area, losing her life in the process. Visiting the scene of the battle which took her life and the lives of most of the warriors from his village, Pondwatcher sought to retreive her weapon, an ornate halberd which had been in his family for generations. In the process he was bathed in the blood of the recently slain wyrm, injuring him with apparently permanent frostbite and giving him a strange affinity for cold. Fleeing the northern wastes in which he was raised, he headed south, meeting an old human bard named Silver and embarking on untold adventures.