The Cold's Hold

What if one seeks who one is, but as the exploration deepens the mystery only complicates further? Uses old paintings as a backdrop, integrated within the narrative. Related to the RPG Entropic Summons (a different story, in the same universe), whose plain novel form is A Snowed Abode (same characters as ES, written in a descriptive format, with an added comedic narration), connected to a shorter (possibly funnier) action RPG The Pet Cat Who Does A Minuet.