Gustav Schäfer Wolfgang Klaus

Gustav's village depends on the lake, but a rival tribe of ice sorcerers seizes control of it during winter
Gustav is barely a child when he is taken to harvest ice blocks for the first time, listening to the chants of his village
Through the winter air
And mountain rain
So strong and soft the coldness
We pierce its entrails

It is a heart, to touch
To dig without resting
This ice must be broken
Fine and pure it is
Frozen heart
Caution! Attention!
Caution! Attention!
Beautiful it is, with power
Frigid, cruel
The ice is magical and its power
Can defeat one and ten
A hundred men at once!
While Gustav watches the adults pull out large blocks of ice, he pulls out a small one