Sun Mote Copse Not Just A Friendly Visit

Though the call came for Eshamun, Ragna struck forth from within the heart of the Copse to answer it. It had come from the borders, and thus Ragna felt compelled by duty to go and assess the caller. Should Eshamun arrive, then Ragna would stay or go based on the wishes of the ekar-aji.

And so she came upon the wolves, a pair of strangers between whom the tension was palpable. Ragna did not speak at first, merely observed. In doing so she caught their scents and found them to be the same as that of the most intruder. The scent churned up the memory, and with it the associated guilt and pride.

The girl is dead, said the shield maiden, her tone draped with all of the solemnity such an encounter required.