Greatwater Lake lost civilizations

For two weeks the woman roamed, free of children at her belly, free of strangers probing the dark of the den. She ate whatever she found, and ran for long miles, letting the hang of her once-heavy figure dissipate. It was not entirely gone by the time Zharille returned to her lake but it was clear what the time away had done to wear her down; she remained strong and proud as she crossed the border at a stalk, as if she had not been gone at all.

She came across Khaba's scent most obviously, and Tarantula's less so but present. There were signs her children survived here still, and she was pleased by this, and bayed a small sound across the stilled water of the lake for any to come and to greet her, their leader. How did her children fare?