Before our story begins we will give the reader a better understanding of who our mouse hero is and where he lives. Tulkus (which is indeed his name) is tall, slim, agile and strong with his fur having a silvery sheen, which turns to gold in sunlight. Living with his family (the arcädós) in the beautiful but cold Icetor Cliffs, is a strenuous way to survive. A life where to scavenge for food means to climb the treacherous heights of hard matter to gather precious fruit from Icetor's vines. And yet even while he loves these cliffs, these cliffs that break through the clouds into the high region, where the sun shines golden on the top of the clouds and where it truly leaves the beholder breathe less, he has always wondered what is beyond this region of rock and vine.