Dragoncrest Cliffs [BWP] A Lyke Wake Dirge

val's mettle had been tested the day raleska was delivered to their doorstep, dismembered beyond recognition. he had only known raleska as an older but distant sibling -- his first instinct had been to seek out @Chacal and @Regin, for the sight of his mothers bereft by grief and the vision of raleska's sundered body had terrified him.

returning to the spot, val heard through the murky haze of stifling sorrow a sound - a song that both dropped his stomach and lifted his heart to hear. his ears perked as he came towards njord, eyes inquisitive yet ringed by somberness. the wind behind him began to rise, and the clouds above gathered in great, dark colonies.

njord's voice carried through the wavering winds, low and constant. when he was finished, val looked to the ground before quietly asking: "who is atlan?"