First Cold Time

''This article is about the first Cold Time. For the second Cold Time featured in Rowan of the Bukshah go to Second Cold Time.'' The first Cold Time was a harsh winter that descended on Maris centuries ago, and brought the ice creepers down from the Mountain. The Cold Time happened because the people of the Valley of Gold they put up fences around the bukshah, preventing the animals to travel to Mountain Heart on the Mountain during winter to eat the grey fungus there produced by the ice creepers, which in turn caused the Valley's river of molten gold to flow with greater pressure, giving the people of the Valley more gold and riches. The people of the Valley eventually learned of their mistake and tore down the fence.