As the wind and snow blew violently, Marshall and the group landed on a snowy banking to make camp. They took shelter in a dark cavern, blinded by the lack of light, as Hellas bent down to scribble with some pieces of wood.

"Well" Petey said as he looked around. "It's spacious, I guess. Could be a little warmer, and, um...oh yeah, we can't even see anything! We're blind in here!"

As Petey said this, Hellas managed to strike the two pieces together and spark a fire, after which he said "Ye see there. that's the choice y'have in this world, my brothers and sisters. Ye can let nature get the best of you or you can get the best of nature!"

As they gathered round, Hellas realised where they were.

"What's up, Hellas?" Marshall asked as she turned to see where he was looking, only to see a solid wall made of assorted skeletons of penguins, seals and skuas. Seymour came close to fainting in shock.

"What is that?"

"Whatever's left of East Adelie Land" Aleksei answered. Hellas was clearly uncomfortable here, which made Marshall realise why he didn't have a Cuban accent.

"This is, um, the place where I was born" Hellas explained. "One of Rodan's earliest conquests" he continued, beginning to slip into some disturbing memories.

(FLASHBACK)

The sun was shining over East Adelie Land. Hellas stood next to his wife Vallarama, who kept their unnamed baby under her feet.

"This was once a thriving empire. Home to a great ten thousand" Hellas explained.

"So peaceful. So perfect" was how Vallarama described their home.

"Indeed, Val. Indeed" Hellas responded as they kissed, looking over the youths of the colony playing in the sun.

"With my family beside me, I watched with joy. All my friends and neighbours. All safe. Though I never could have foretold what would come next"

When suddenly, the glacier burst open and many armed penguins came rallying in, some riding on skuas and seals. The innocent civilians ran for their lives as their home was ravaged around them, many a penguin being butchered with the soldiers' ice carved machetes, while only a lucky few were taken prisoner. Hellas saw who was commanding the army. A king penguin who's body was littered with wounds and injuries of the past, his face scarred to the point of being easily distinguishable: the foul, the mighty, Rodan Gizzardcrusher.

"Seekin' only power 'n' position, Rodan and his soldiers laid waste to the colony. I watched with fear as my friends were killed mercilessly by their hundreds, wee-out a hope in hell of stopping this mindless slaughter."

Hellas saw the soldiers take his wife and child and tie them up with several other prisoners. He ran to the leader and begged him for their freedom.

"What can you offer me, you slimy pathetic waste?" Rodan asked.

"Please, sir. I'll do anythin', I swear" Hellas pleaded on his knees. Rodan simply nodded and gestured his thugs to untie them, before saying "so, what is your name, Adelie?"

"Hellas, sir. Hellas, Son of Erik"

"Very well, Hellas. You will capture creatures for me to use in my army. Bring forward the Maverick!"

Hearing this made the soldiers push forward a stout Maverick penguin.

"Please to make your acquaintance, captain. I am Aleksei of Maverick Land" he explained.

"Captain?"

"Yes Hellas, meet your new first mate! You are now the captain of the Clean Slate. Congratulations" Rodan said sarcastically, before telling the soldiers holding Vallarama and the baby to "take them away!"

"Wait, no, no! We had a deal! We just had a deal! You said you'd let them go!" Hellas objected.

"Until you have worked off your full potential, your family is my collateral insurance , they stay with me! You don't do your business, I cut her throat out! You go to get help, I cut her throat out. Okay?" Rodan said before taking the prisoners away, Hellas shouting "No, please. No. Vallarama!"

(FLASH-FORWARD)

"So, that's why we're going to No-Land, then" Marshall deduced, to which Hellas said "aye. Many years have passed since that day, and I've done nothin' but sit back and regret all that I've done. I canny allow these innocent penguins to pay for my mistakes any longer. And that's why we need to go to No-Land!"

After the others had fallen asleep, Hellas and Aleksei looked out over the waste land, under the dark deserted mountain.

"So captain, what of that?"

"The mountain? Oh aye, that's the Misty mountain. The landmark of East Adelie Land" Hellas explained. "Aleksei, I have something I want ye to do"

"Yes captain"

"When, and if, we accomplish this mission, you shall stay in Emperor Land, you shall call these penguins your family now"

"What of you, sir?"

"I must go, first-mate, to a place far away, far from company and far from memory, to die in peace as a free man"

"B-but, captain"

"And you will call me captain no longer. My name is Hellas. Now promise me you will do this. Promise?"

"Yes. I promise. Hellas."

"Good, for when the time comes, you must continue your journey without me. I am proud to have known you, my closest and dearest friend. Now, get some sleep, old friend. You'll need it"

Aleksei went to sleep as Hellas stood guard all night, soothing himself to sleep with a song his father Erik used to sing to get him as a child. It told of adventure, of treasure and of the misty mountain itself.

Hellas: Far over, the misty mountains rise,

Leave us standing, upon the height,

What was before, we see once more,

Is our kingdom, a distant light.

Fiery mountain, beneath the moon,

The words unspoken, we'll be there soon,

For home a song, that echoes on,

And all who find us, will know the tune.

Some folk, we never forget.

Some folk, we never forgive.

Haven't seen the back of us yet,

We'll fight as long as we live,

All eyes on the hidden door,

To the lonely mountain,

We'll ride in the gatherin' storm,

Until we get, our long, forgotten gold.

Far away, the Misty mountains cold.