Whisperer's Gorge... it had been quite some time since she'd set paw here. Once, it was Yfir's home, as the Gale Gorge now was. Here in the caverns had her cousin Jaeger come upon them, and she had attacked him, maiming his sight. Yet she had not returned him to her family for justice as she had sworn to do, and so the gods had seen fit to punish her for her weakness, and she had lost Yfir. Her time abiding here had taught her that these fertile lands bred indolence in the wolves who lived upon them, and so when she had risen Yfir once more from Ebony's ruins she had instead brought them north into the harsh environment she thrived in.
She had considered bringing Naudir with her on this journey, to introduce her child to this part of Yfir's history, but ultimate she had decided to come alone. There was still illness in these southern lands, and with Taufr and Raesa already ill and Eisleif missing she did not wish to risk another Finnvi child. The scent of illness was beginning to fade, though, and she did not doubt that the turn of the season and the coming of the snow would help to lay it dormant. Naudir would get her chance to come with her on her journeys soon, and Asvor. And, if they survived, Taufr and Raesa as well.
She did not duck aside into any of the caverns that twisted through the walls of the ravine, choosing instead to continue through the wide gap of the former river at a brisk trot. She would make her way further south and begin to scout the southern packs, seeing which had survived the plague and which... had not. Or would not. Packs that still had the illness would not be safe to raid when the time came, though any that had just begun to recover from it would be weak and easy prey. Packs untouched would be more difficult, but also not at risk of passing the plague to Yfir. She saw little need to actively engage the alphas in conversation this time, and rather doubted she would have any better reception than she would have given them in return, except from ever-trusting Bass, so there was little point to bothering. But her would-be spy Harekr had vanished, and with him the possibility of sending anyone to spy in her stead, so she would have to do her scouting on her own.
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