Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-176.252.33.135-20130830003635/@comment-26099392-20150619220454

176.252.33.135 wrote: Sheer cliff large forest It could be that after the big cataclysm hinted at in episode one beacon falls to disrepair and ices over

There are also beowolves in both locations Interesting theory. So I think what you're saying is that by some cataclysmic event, Beacon freezes over and the Emerald Forest, which is where the new students were initiated, is the snowy forest seen in the volume two opening.