It's winter in the Badlands - the first winter since the changelings' reformation. Everyone, Thorax especially, is looking forward to the changelings' first Hearth's Warming Eve - though Pharynx is more skeptical. But as winter sets in, it seems the changelings are struggling to fight against the base instincts they've spent their whole lives following. When forced to make a tough decision, will Thorax have to accept that some things truly were done for the good of the Hive, or will he manage to carry his subjects through the winter?