Bearclaw Valley corpseweave [m]

The prey with it, Aventus confirmed. He was no longer so certain that leaving the valley was ever the right call. Nothing good had come of their time on Silvertip Mountain. The disappearance of Apophis, the death of Astara, the defection of Asperas, all precipitated by their relocation there. The mountain was sacred. He thought now it might be too sacred to host the bear wolves full time, and thus had their fortunes been dashed upon its slopes.

We will do as we must, he agreed. He didn't have to like it. These barbaric ways, they had never called to Aventus the way they had Avicus and even his mother, but there was naught to be done about it. Ursus prospered when blood was spilled on this earth and suffered in the absence of it. He thought of Arielle — he had said they would never leave her, and so they would not. They would feed the bear and live as the worthy.

I shall begin building altars at once.