Dragoncrest Cliffs throwing off his purple cloak

erzulie smiled and waited. chacal glowed with the beauty of motherhood. "maybe an expansion," she said, shifting slightly. her eyes found the beautiful features of their eldest, and for a long time she only looked at chacal with pride.
"when i step down, mireille will take my place." she stopped there to soothe chacal with an expression. "sobo came to your mot'er an' i. he too wants to be considered for leadership." she paused. "njord held be rank of ruby. t'ere be one more: jade, leadership below obisidian an' tanzanite."
erzulie breathed. "it is a change from what we have done. but i t'ink it will be wort'while."