Northstar Vale markland

reiko. snowstar; maiden. teya's lashes fluttered wildly in rapidfire blinks she could not control; the girl pulled her tic to a halt only when she looked away from the other toward the forbidding expanse of jagged stone teeth that encircled the vale.
"home," was all she mumbled, before, wilted, the girl crept shyly to reiko's side and allowed herself to be whisked into the heart of the ethereal gem still pulsating with elven leylines and the presence of gods.