Our Stories

At her invitation to come listen to some stories, she was surprised and delighted by how many of her children came running over to join her, abandoning whatever interesting thing they had found to look at or play with in the garden. Silas and Solaire continued on with their playing, but that was perfectly fine with her. As long as they were having fun that was what really mattered. She grinned as Clove ran over, the smallest of the group very eager to join in for story time. She reached out from where she was laying to scoop Clove up with one paw, pulling the girl closer to nuzzle the top of her head playfully before she released her once more. Ember was next and she looked up just in time to see the midnight blue girl go tumbling forward head over heels. If she had been in their first litter she likely would have jumped up to make sure Ember was okay, but by now she had more than learned just how springy and bouncy pups were and just as she expected Ember jumped right up and kept going, making Briar grin and shake her head in response. Her quiet sons, Vendrick and Nelu, joined the group to round out their story time and she leaned over to give each of them a kiss on the cheek before she answered Ember's question of what they would be getting a story about today.

"Well, I thought you might like to hear about how The Hallows was founded by your grandmothers, Resin and Tamsyn, and how The Hallows came to be what it is today. Does that sound good?" she asked, looking to each of the pups before settling into the grass once more with a smile. "Over four years ago, your grandmother Resin wanted to create a place that was fully dedicated to being a place of healing and refuge. At the time she was a member of the Armada, where me and your Fatalis family are from, but your grandfather, Sirius, gave her his blessing and allowed her mate, Tamsyn, to go with her. They formed this pack, The Hallows, right before your father was born. At first they made a place called Sunset Falls home, but soon Resin decided they needed more space to grow without pressing up against the territory of other packs so she found this place and made the castle their home."

She smiled warmly as she went on, adding, "Your grandmother was a very strong fighter and protector, as is your granny Tam. Over time the pack has grown so much as our families have grown and the goal of the pack has broadened from being solely focused on healing, to being a place of training and practice for knights and protectors as well. Still, your father and I still makes sure that the Hallows is neutral and welcoming to all that come here peacefully, just as your grandmother wanted." Briar grinned and lifted a paw to playfully ruffle the fur on top of Ember's head and glanced around at the pups gathered around her. "And that's only one half of your family! Your grandfather Sirius and grandmother Zee formed the Armada as well. How cool is that?"

"Briar Carpathius"