The Sunspire truth at first light

It was one of the many late evenings, when Wraen returned to Sunspire from longer hunting trips on either side of the mountain ranges. She kept her word to the leaders and steered clear from Moonspear, but that was just a small piece of the vast wilderness that was at her disposal. Though their food shortage troubles had been temporarily solved (with the move of their neighbours), she did not let herself be lulled into a false belief that everything would still turn out alright.

Therefore the intensive hunting and scouting and inevitable exhaustion that came with hard work. She would have passed the tree, where the barn owl had found a residence, without taking any notice, had not something made her to lift her muzzle and look up. Her gaze met a round, pale face with enormous, saucer-like eyes - the sight of a ghost that made Wraen stop in her tracks and stare at the feathered beast in wonder.