Vren, when his turn came, calmly informed his listeners that while gathering acorns he had been pursued by an icy demon with glinting blue eyes, and that Simon and his two companions had saved him from the frosty menace’s clutches, smiting it with their swords until it shattered into icicles.
oh god!!!! the last one is true... I hate hate hate this kinda foreshadowing, pretty sure this is where Martin got it