Striding into the heart of his territory, Valentine made his way towards a large boulder that was backed by one of the Knoll's few trees. An impressive specimen, the tree towered over the rock, creating a  crude wolven throne. Reaching it, he leaped up and spun around so that he was facing out. Without ceremony he threw back his head and called his people to him. The call was clear, its purpose unmistakable. War was on the horizon. Come. Dione had made a mistake in slandering him. With his reputation on the line he couldn't simply let it go. No, she would pay for her mistake. And oh, how convenient was it that she'd moved in right next door? It was a brazen move, one she'd soon regret. OOC: Mandatory meeting for all fighters and healers. This takes place right after the tournament with Arc. ""

"What does that one do?" she asked Revenge, pointing to the sprig of lavender at his paws. It smelled really nice, but she couldn't really imagine it doing much good. The flowers were all small and looked kinda like unopened buds, so it couldn't really do anything, right? She was about to ask another question when Valentine's call rang out. War? A grin spread wide on her face as she turned andd looked at Revenge, her elongated tail curling over her back. Her blood started to pump faster through her body, the howl inciting the warrior within her. Without another word she jumped to her paws and raced off, purple eyes casting to look over to her shoulder to be sure that her brother was following. Mercy raced towards Valentine, making sure to lower her tail when he came into sight. Excitement dancing in her gaze as she looked up at him on his kingly throne. She had to force herself to sit, her whole body practically thrumming with energy. Valentine had seemed to have been pleased with her fighting, and now she could truly show her worth. Teeth dug into her lower lip as she tried to calm herself, but it was evident enough. She knew that this was serious, but she couldn't help but feel excited. At last she could truly show her worth, put all of her effort into this. For not only just Valentine, but for her pack as well. Curling her pale tail around her to try and further calm herself, her gaze never left her Kings. She had to keep her mouth shut, because she knew that questions would come flowing out as soon as she opened her yap. She hadn't even realized that she was the first to arrive.

The dark girl would lay languidly upon the boulder that was now her den, pretty paws dangling off the edge as her tail bounced slightly behind her. Life was almost right again, she knew that she needed to somehow make up with Bass and Motif, she couldn't go the rest of her life knowing that they despised her. Even as Valentine's call echoed over the knolls they would remain on her mind. The sound of his command was too much to deny, he was in need of his pack and that she was a part of. Blinking away her sleepy stupor her thin frame would rise from the rock and stretch before setting off in the direction of the call. Her pace was somewhat fast, and her bright blue and purple gaze would fall easily on the king as he sat upon his living thrown. Despite the severity and seriousness of the situation she had an urge to rush up to him and bow elegantly, not that she was going to. The thought was amusing though and even as she approached him the thought made her smile. She would nod her head in greeting, offering a quick, "Hello," Before flashing him a sweet smile as she sat somewhat near to him. ""

An urgent call rang out and Dægmar turned to glance to the north before turning back to her kids who were engrossed in battle training. "Alright, that's enough!  Fall in.  This will be your first meeting.  Everyone behave yourselves and be attentive, you might learn something." She grinned and she beckoned her children to follow her.   "Keep your eyes sharp, if you get bored with conversation analyze the wolves around you, strengths, weaknesses, you know the drill.  Move out!" The mottled wraith took off toward the call, moving in an easy lope, curious as to the nature of this meeting.  There'd been a certain quality in Valentine's summons that made for more serious material than just your annual meeting and she wondered if something had occurred.  Approaching the gathering space she nodded to her King.   "Greetings Valentine, Mercy..."  She paused for a moment as she eyed the brown woman.  Far to delicate to be a warrior, must be one of the kings bed maidens.  She left a pause for the woman to introduce herself before carrying on.  "I'm not sure if you've met my children.  Sabre, Falx, and Karabela." "Speech"

Things were kind of boring here, with all these pups running around. He didn't feel special anymore, they all knew each other and he was outnumbered. It was kind of hard to pick on others that way... He remembered that Valentine had said that he could start training as soon as he was nice to his siblings. But did that extend to all the other pups here? Probably... what a bore! He just wanted to fight them all, but he wasn't stupid. He was kicking at stones when he heard the call ring out, and he knew that he was just a pup. But he was curious, he wasn't used to hearing a howl with that much power. Caesar knew that it wasn't a call for him, but he just wanted to see what it was all about. Eying the rocks he was kicking at, he carefully picked his way towards the call. As he got closer he saw some of the pups from the other day, and ignored them. He picked a spot away from all the others, just really here to see what was up. Curling his fawn coloured body up into a ball, he didn't even look at the other wolves, his green eyes on the big mountain wolf. This was kinda cool... he had never been to a meeting before...

He enjoyed showing the herbs he'd learned about to his sister, it made him feel better knowing that she had some knowledge of how to fix herself up if he happened to be unable to be at her side when she received an injury. Which, to his dismay, happened a lot more than he liked. He was good at keeping an eye on his sister, but even he didn't know where she was one hundred percent of the time. "It helps calm you, maybe you should take some someti..." The sound of Valentine's howl would rise up from the knolls for the pack. Before he could even finish his sentence Mercy had raced off. He'd sigh softly before lifting himself from the earth and following after her.

His pace was a bit slower but he'd arrive timely all the same, large paws bringing him to stand behind his sister dutifully. He'd nudge her shoulder supportively as he glanced towards Valentine. This wasn't another plight to get him into a spar was it? He hadn't much enjoyed that little surprise at the tournament.

Cascade's attention was drawn away from the childrens' hunting lesson by the sound of Valentine's howl. Hm... this sounded big. She hesitated, glancing measuringly at the three children. It didn't sound like the kind of meeting to bring babies to... but they were growing up and it would do them good to see what was going on in the pack. "Sounds like the lesson's over," she said calmly. "You guys need to either go to the den and wait for me, or come with me and observe, but you need to be on your best behavior, understand?" She glanced around, but there was no sign of the three Destruction kids, and Cas growled in uncharacteristic annoyance. Still, who could blame her? They had been vanishing left and right since they got here, and she'd have to put a stop to it. Maybe she'd talk to Valen about putting them in lessons alongside her kids... she didn't know what he intended for them, whether they were meant to be raised as slaves or what, but whatever it was it did nobody any good for them to laze around like useless lumps. But she would bring that up to him later - this meeting sounded much more important than a simple meet-and-greet sort of gathering. "Well, get moving!" she added, both to her kids and any Destructions who might be lingering where her eye hadn't fallen on them.

Eyeing the pups sternly to reinforce her earlier words, she turned to lope toward Valen's call. Coming upon the group her gaze fell upon the presumed missing spotted Destruction kid Caesar, and she raised and eyebrow at him. Her smile, though he might not realize it, promised retribution. These kids had wandered off without asking for the last time, oh yes. Settling herself so that she loomed over him, she then proceeded to ignore him in favor of Valen. Curiosity swept away most of her annoyance now that she'd found one of the little runaways. What was Valen up to this time? Excitement tingled through her at the anticipation.

He would slip forth from the confines of the den he'd been examining, answering the call of his newly appointed alpha. Imperium was certainly a sight to behold, and although the heat was still something to get used to he was finding himself to be quite comfortable here. The call rang out loud and clear, and he could have sworn he heard the drums of war joining the chorus. He knew this type of call, and he was more than eager to answer it. A crooked smile creased just one corner of his lips, but faded before he bled onto the scene. He said nothing upon his arrival, but gave a swift nod to the Imperator as he took as seat amongst the fray - hovering toward the back of the group as to not draw much attention to himself. Somehow he didn't believe this was a 'getting to know you' meeting. “speak,”

A sound reached him, a familiar beat and cadence to the howl that summoned the warriors to their young alpha. A feral grin twisted the scarred face beneath the mask as Hati drove himself to his feet and loped to the call. Daegmar was there with the children, and the other warriors were there. Cascade was there but Hati didn't even care. He only cared about one thing, and that thing rang through Valen's echoing voice like a finely tuned instrument. A single note shivering in the air, a note that silenced the turmoil within his head completely, made the darkness lift its head as Hati listened. He seated himself within the ring with glowing eyes. Ohhh they were playing his song...

He waited impatiently until everyone was gathered, nodding greetings to all but not verbally engaging any. He was too keyed up to consider pleasantries. "Thank you for coming so quickly. A former member of ours, Dione Lydia, has taken it upon herself to go to our allies and slander our name." His gaze raked those gathered as he searched for reactions. "She would have them believe that we are weak and barely capable of feeding ourselves, let alone defending our name – and we are not going to let that lie stand." Moving to stand at the edge of his throne, he bit out the words, "It's come to my attention, as I'm sure it's come to yours, that our slanderer has brazenly taken up residence right next door." He held no ill will towards whatever member base she had managed to scrape together, but if she was so eager to see him fall then he would happily see the same happen to her. Unlike the little green coward, he wasn't going to use sly words in the hopes that someone more capable would do his dirty work for him. No, she would pay for her childish jawing. "Today we march on Lydovne." Valentine jumped off the rock, aiming to stand among Imperium's wolves. His gaze swept the gathering and there was a beat of silence before he issued orders. "Revenge and Rhythm, you will stay behind and prepare to care for the wounded. Kyarst, find Lysis and Nagendra. You three will be guarding the packlands. Caesar.” He eyed the boy hard. "You will stay here. Everyone else..."  His voice a low rumble, he commanded, "Prove them wrong." All was fair in this fight. He would see her whole world destroyed, each and every thing she held dear ripped from her; he would tear through her home and leave nothing standing in his wake. She would rue the day she'd decided to fuck with him. -exit Valentine- ""

Everyone gathered together quite quickly. It wasn't long before Valentine spoke, speaking of war against -- Dione. Her heart skipped a beat, and she rose to her paws. Purple eyes did not leave her alpha, shock replacing some of her excitement. But when he spoke of the things that she did, anger quickly replaced it. She had promised that she had loved her! And now this? How could she slander the pack knowing that Mercy was in here too? Did their relationship really mean nothing at all? Her breath came out in a quick huff, and then a growl. When Valentine barked out commands she nodded her head, she was going. Even if she had been told to stay, she probably would have come anyways. Falling into step with Valentine, she was about to follow him out when she paused. Revenge. Turning and racing to her brother, she nuzzled against him and placed a kiss on his forehead. Purple eyes pulled back to meet his sunshiny gaze, brows kitting together. "I will come back safe, I promise. Look after everyone, okay?" She said softly, giving him one last look before trotting to meet back up with Valentine. When she passed Kyarst she winked at him, ears flickering as she remembered their time together. Thoughts like this is what would keep her going, to block out the pain and rejection that threatened to over take her. This was war, and she would prove time and time again that she was walking irony. Mercy would show no mercy.

-Exit Mercy-

Caesar knew that he was in trouble for sneaking off, but he had thought that the call was important! When Cascade stalked over to him, he tossed her a wicked smile. But the woman sat down beside her, looming over his still growing body. Oops. He knew he was in deep shit, he could see in in her mismatched gaze. But his attention was caught once more by Valentine, who spoke of a war. Oh boy! Yes! Was he finally able gunna be able to fight? But the alpha jumped down and eyed him, telling him to stay. Growing rather cross, he glared at the massive man and huffed. But he wanted to help! Growling again he flopped to his chest, watching as a talll white warrior danced after their alpha. Great, was everyone freaking massive here? Looking back up at Cascade as she was called away to war, he grinned at her. Looked like his punishment was going to have to wait.