The story took place in Snowy Mountain in the coldest part of Manchuria, one Winter\'s morning in 1781.
The story ends with a fight between Fox, the hero of the story, and his sworn enemy, but the result of the fight is untold, left to the imagination and creative power of individual readers..
The excitement, intrigue and action in these incidents are well dramatized, with one event firmly intertwining with others in the past, developing into a vendetta involving the offspring of several families.
While waiting, each one in the parties began recounting incidents which took place some twenty years before.
The lord of the eyrie happened to be away summoning help to fight Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, who was scheduled to arrive on the summit at noon.
A monk arrived on the scene and the invited the parties to the eyrie on the summit.
All three parties had designs on the metal casket, supposedly housing a poniard, which was an heirloom of the Martial Brotherhood.
They were waylaid yet by the Peking Overland Convoy.
The Dragon Lodge party ran into the Horse Spring Banditry who were there to unearth a buried casket.
The story took place in Snowy Mountain in the coldest part of Manchuria, one Winter\'s morning in 1781
