The Hailfern Ski Team was competing in the regional finals in Blancouver when Snowflake received news that her father had perished in an avalanche. She dropped out of the race that she was supposed to compete in and returned home. Snowstorm and Snowblast, to raise support for Snowflake, reached out to the other teams competing. The Blancouver Ski Team, headed by Snow and Snowy, donated their fundraising proceeds from hosting to Snowflake and her mother.

Several months later, the Blancouver Ski Team visited Hailfern for a competition. Snowflake had already dropped out of school to help her mother run the ski lift, but she attended the competition in support of his team. Snow and Snowy, along with Snowstorm, visited her after the competition, and the four rekindled over their memories in the regional finals. They went out to the slopes, where they rolled together, cruising down the hill in sync with each other. As they ascended up the ski lift at sunset that night, they were ecstatic and promised to meet again.

Snowflake’s mother supported her daughter’s endeavors in marble sports as she got older, which included team competitions. She eventually rejoined the ski team at his school, and upon graduation, was admitted to the University of Snoronto. She attended university there along with Snow, Snowy, and Snowstorm, where they competed together in a variety of marble sports. Their coalition, which became known as the Snowballs, became rivals with the school’s other major coalition: the Gliding Glaciers, whose members were all from an island city called Guuk.

“It was a friendly rivalry…mostly because they knew that we were better than them,” Snowy explained. “They were more chill. Everyone loved their personalities, but we knew how to dominate the competition.”

The Snowballs became one of the most popular university teams on the continent, bringing international attention to Hailfern for the first time in centuries. The team’s incoming invitation to the 2016 Marble League only added to the excitement surrounding them.