Hoppy Draft, proprietor and bartender of the Steady Drink, is a simple stallion of simple tastes, though most of those were directed somewhere towards alcohol. He runs a steady business at the edge of town, his customers coming from all kinds of places to get some rest from their travels. He's had every kind of creature in his place, from ponies to griffons.

But the one thing he did not expect came in the form of a soft knocking at the door during a cold, wintry evening.