Moonspear no place like home

Sialuk had sent word to the Copse that a celebration for Seal’s coming of age was to take place around the winter solstice. Njord had gathered food and gifts with @Meerkat for their daughter and left @Reki in charge of watching the packland. Afterward, Meerkat was to return home as Njord carried on with the hunting party to represent their small, but growing, homestead.

He arrived at Moonspear’s borders with an abundance of meat for the celebration: a fine haunch of a young deer. In addition, he brought a freshly killed river otter. Meerkat had told him of their daughter’s affinity for tanning and craftmaking, and so he thought this would make a fine gift for her.

The gifts were carefully packed into snow when they arrived. Then, he hugged his daughter and mingled with the rest of the pack. Argent, Elentari, and Alaric! Oh, and how Maggak and Acrux had grown! He noticed that Myna was absent and, of course, his heart ached for Orca, as well. Though it was refreshing to see all of the familiar faces, Njord felt a sense of pride that the Sveijarn-Cortens represented a new village.

When the small talk was done, he took a seat beside his wife in the circle around Seal and waited for the Sialuk to begin.