Sawtooth Spire fernweh

in truth, he had long coveted courtfall's numbers to buoy his own. with takiyok's increasing scarcity, he knew there must be a way to preserve diaspora.
so long as he lived, the legacy of stigmata would be kept alit.
in a moment he saw many possibilities; he held himself firm against the stony earth and was silent a long time.
he knew nothing of melkor, save for what he had learned these past days. but courtfall he knew. she, he had known. and wylla.
wylla. 
danger in refusing this, and too great a danger for the gargoyle to entertain.
"perhaps we look about this place for that reason," mahler suggested, inviting the tundra-warrior upon a reconnaissance mission into the mountain.