New Season, New Leaf (EBONY)
08-25-2014, 12:05 PM
With the festival over it was time for the pack to settle back into a normal routine. The lake region's border had once more been closed to outsiders, and she'd been sending the pack's few hunters out far beyond those borders for prey, allowing the beasts whose populations had diminished from overhunting begin to recover. One thing had become clear to her during the time following the bl?t - she could no longer continue holding on to the idea that Raisa was going to come back, that a viking could ever hope to teach the Xanilov pups to be royalty and to take over where their mother had left off. Ebony had failed the Xanilovs, or they had failed it, but the fact was that it was not and could no longer be hoped to be the Xanilov's domain. Perhaps that was why the gods had allowed the Xanilov pups to be taken from her in battle, why her aunt and cousin had lost their pack and vanished, why Freyja had encouraged the idea of the festival. She was meant to rule this pack in the Finnvi way, to be the sole Finnvi heir and to bring their ways to this world. The truth had become clear at the bl?t, when blood streaked her pelt and the iron tang in her nose and mouth had brought her once more into communion with the gods. They had not abandoned her - she had abandoned them. The clarity had come at a terrible cost but the gods would not accept a sacrifice if it was easy. She was ready to accept her fate and it was with a lighter, more fervent step that she made her way to a perch atop a ruined wall, more a cairn of rocks than anything recognizable. Her voice rang across the lands of Ebony in a low, demanding tone. The whole pack, small as it was, must come together once more for the first time since Raisa's disappearance, and new wolves must be welcomed into their ranks. OOC: this meeting is MANDATORY for all current members and will introduce the new rules IC as well as mark the start of OOC rules. Prospective members are welcome to post here to join as well. Posts due Friday August 29th by 11:59 PM ALA time. |
