Magic, the Forge, and the Frozen City

"Severis, what are you thinking about?" "I'm thinking, if our lives are determined by that core furnace, will our life be too desolate? I don't allow it, and my life will be in the hands of others." She sighed: "But we have nowhere else to go. Outside the city, there is no hope of survival in the endless ice fields..." "So I built this place, Atlan - I wanted to take our future back from the gangs, from the corporations, from the associations." A long silence followed. Finally, An Nan looked at his retreating back and silently turned over the firm's sign. "Atlan Firm" "Accepts all commissions, including hazardous work."