Docwho3-
As he slept, Padraic dreamt of a white wolf standing beside
the princess. When the wolf looked at him her eyes seemed
to speak words into his mind:

"Follow the steps of Wolvern, my mate,
to warm the heart of my lady in wait;
but shadows do dwell in the edge of the light
waiting to slide your soul into night.

When true love is found
from happiness weep
as lady and love both awake from their sleep.
Watch o'er the land and Wolvern's last tear.
...All will end well in spite of great fear."

He awoke and saw the large paw prints in the snow leading
off into the distance but the tracks were already filling in
with blowing and drifting snow! Soon they would be
completely covered!

Catzenpewters-
Padraic scrambled to collect the meager possessions he
had been able to bring on his journey, all the while keeping
a close eye on the paw prints that strode on into the
distance. His mind raced, wondering at the significance of
the wolf in his dream. Was he a fool to blindly follow the
tracks? Was the dream really a message of some sort? He
didn’t even know whether the message he had received
was from one who bore him good or ill will.

Still, he knew that simply attempting to storm the ice giant’s
castle to rescue the princess was tremendous foolishness
indeed. At this point, the mysterious missive was his only
clue to how he could complete his quest. Quickly filling his
packing, he began to run along the white wolf’s trail. The
prints were barely visible now.