Broken Antler Fen stonemoss

It was the mother's hope that one day the family would reunite. Akavir was capable; he was a stalwart creature who loved his girls so very much, and Ibis granted him the last of her faith, and so much love; she would suffer his absence as long as it took.

Ibis would not let her daughter out of her sight from that point forward if she could help it. However, in the night when she sat curled against her remaining daughter within their shared hollow, Lilitu's rhythmic breathing did not stave off the sadness that threatened Ibis.

She rose — carefully — and slipped away through the moonlight. The snow silenced the fen in every way, but the pounding of the woman's racing heart beat like a drum in her ear.

When she passed the figure she stopped. The woman's head was raised towards the moon, its light shining like a beacon upon the snow; Ibis was stunned a moment by the beautiful scene.