a word of welcome and of warning
02-10-2015, 09:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2015, 11:33 AM by Nyx.)
The confidence that she exhumed could quite easily be mistaken as threatening; for she had nothing to fear. She was no tyrant and she would show no harm to the Destructions that had made their home within her ranks. Though she wished to be amicable to the woman that ruled this neighboring pack, she had little to do with what Jupiter had done to her prisoners and she hoped her offer of peace would be enough to reconcile whatever wrongs had been done.
The woman that arrived was entirely unfamiliar to her, and beside her stood a darker male who appeared quite young. Neither of them seemed particularly happy to see her, and her own expression was rather guarded as she waited for their approach, eventually dipping her head to each of them in polite greeting.
It wasn't entirely surprising that she didn't get the same sort of greeting from either of them. After a moment of silence, she parted her jaws to speak. "I didn't expect such a friendly welcome," came a playfully sarcastic quip, a sudden bit of amusement flickering over her pale, steady features. The moment would end as quickly as it had begun, and she noted the sharp seriousness on the other woman's face. "I wanted to tell you that Jupiter is dead, and Ludicael is no longer." What she knew of Jupiter's relationship with this pack, or this woman, was next to nothing; she knew she had kept Destruction wolves as prisoners, though their shackles had been loosely bound and would've been opened had they simply asked. Epiphron searched Novella's face then, looking for a glimmer of relief that she expected to show at the news of Jupiter's death. "She appointed me as her heir, before her death," she admitted, anticipating no particular reaction from this admission. "My name is Epiphron Adravendi. I have renamed the pack to Fiori and have released all of Jupiter's prisoners. I want no part in whatever went on between her and your family." It was an educated guess at best that the wolves before her were Destructions, and she welcomed them to correct her if she was mistaken.
"I had no part in the claiming of your family, so you know. I joined after all of that happened, and only knew Jupiter from a former alliance many years ago, and I can assure you that I hold no grudge against your family. Some have even chosen to stay now. Two women and their young sons." Perhaps she might know of them? She supposed they had wanted to stay because their sons had grown up in those lands, but it was a fact regardless. A moment of silence would linger as she watched for the reaction of the two before her, tail curling absently behind her back. "I come to offer neutrality, if you'll offer the same in return." An alliance was something she didn't know if she wanted, nor if Novella wanted, but it was a discussion she would be glad to have.
The woman that arrived was entirely unfamiliar to her, and beside her stood a darker male who appeared quite young. Neither of them seemed particularly happy to see her, and her own expression was rather guarded as she waited for their approach, eventually dipping her head to each of them in polite greeting.
It wasn't entirely surprising that she didn't get the same sort of greeting from either of them. After a moment of silence, she parted her jaws to speak. "I didn't expect such a friendly welcome," came a playfully sarcastic quip, a sudden bit of amusement flickering over her pale, steady features. The moment would end as quickly as it had begun, and she noted the sharp seriousness on the other woman's face. "I wanted to tell you that Jupiter is dead, and Ludicael is no longer." What she knew of Jupiter's relationship with this pack, or this woman, was next to nothing; she knew she had kept Destruction wolves as prisoners, though their shackles had been loosely bound and would've been opened had they simply asked. Epiphron searched Novella's face then, looking for a glimmer of relief that she expected to show at the news of Jupiter's death. "She appointed me as her heir, before her death," she admitted, anticipating no particular reaction from this admission. "My name is Epiphron Adravendi. I have renamed the pack to Fiori and have released all of Jupiter's prisoners. I want no part in whatever went on between her and your family." It was an educated guess at best that the wolves before her were Destructions, and she welcomed them to correct her if she was mistaken.
"I had no part in the claiming of your family, so you know. I joined after all of that happened, and only knew Jupiter from a former alliance many years ago, and I can assure you that I hold no grudge against your family. Some have even chosen to stay now. Two women and their young sons." Perhaps she might know of them? She supposed they had wanted to stay because their sons had grown up in those lands, but it was a fact regardless. A moment of silence would linger as she watched for the reaction of the two before her, tail curling absently behind her back. "I come to offer neutrality, if you'll offer the same in return." An alliance was something she didn't know if she wanted, nor if Novella wanted, but it was a discussion she would be glad to have.