Northstar Vale URSUS

here she was.

she sees the woman far ahead, her pale fur stark against the grey-green cliffs of the vale. emotion immediately overcomes her. without waiting for a command—a move that surely will see her punished—she surges forward, expecting the Saint to do the same.

but she doesn't. instead, the woman turns and flees.

NNNYY-RA!! Avicus shrieks, her war cry reverberating across the valley, undulating and unhinged.

how dare she, the coward! slay her mother in cold blood, and then not stay to face the consequences. . .

Avicus continues on, pads beating hard against the nearly-frostbound earth, spittle slipping from her jaws and shivering out onto the wind she leaves in her wake

she will not leave here without tasting blood

Nyra's,

her own,

it doesn't matter.

blood for blood, and the bitch will bleed.