Starglow Basin solo

just an acknowledgement post, single replies welcome <33

juarez. nino. sangre. arslan.

now osiel and saya.

it is the curse of the witch. soto's mouth turns bitter with disappointment, scanning the desolate country cursed as his own. the wildlings to the north have not returned. he wonders if their captain is dead and all morale has been lost.

this thought comes with sweet satisfaction, but it is not enough. the slender seedlings brought back from luneshale will not sustain them until spring. goods are at an all time low. if ever he was to indulge in green now certainly seemed the time -- this was verapaz's darkest hour.

he tilts back his head in a howl lobbed at the implacable moon above. i am here, it screams to the razor-edged clouds and the thousand distant stars that gleam from their black settings in a placemat of endless indigo - i am here and you cannot diminish me.

he listens for the returning chorus of his syndicate, what little remains. for once, juarez and nino are silent.