Little Goat Mountain this one doesn't bite

edit: feel free to join now! prob one post from each puppy, and then possibly a couple posts back and forth between Mira and @Ksura if he joins. lmk if any of yall wanna go about this differently  

In the early hours of August the thirty-first, they came, with a pain that seemed it would last forever until it was suddenly over in what felt like an instant. 

The first was @Athalia . She was dark-furred, like Mira, but the strange man who had made the creation of these pawns possible had left his mark- touches of russet-orange along her pelt, like the color he'd sported at his ruff. It was tiny, delucate. Mira, despite all her lust for war, still maintained her maternal instincts- she was careful as ever as she cleaned the child, and placed her at her side. 

Next was @Ashkova , mostly dark at birth. Grey points hinted that he would lighten in places over time, though he was still too small for her to recognize the distinct markings or even his freckles. She placed him beside Athalia. 

Then came @Amneris - dark with a lighter stomach. Each birth was easier than the last, despite the struggle of it. The final one was @Athamas - he was extra small, and resembled the father, though not all the same. These two she each bathed, and lifted to place beside her stomach. She watched closely, hoping each would find their way to drinking, for she needed them to grow strong. She would nourish them well. And as she looked at them, wordlessly, she named each of them in her mind. 

Four of them, dark-pelted, her own. Somewhere outside the den Ksura likely lingered close to keep watch on the outside world. And afterwards she would rest, feeling quite proud of herself and hopeful for the future to come with her new pawns at her side.