Noctisardor Bypass schalten

though they had come across the taiga to settle in a land chosen by mahler's own heart, their future could not be assured. kaster had faded almost as soon as he had come; the pack existed now with only two men in it. 
and the shadowpriest had surrendered the ghost of his own future. now he would live to see his children live on: thade, phaedra, elke, ciri, astraeus — he treasured them all, and hoped that his quieting years might bring grandchildren.
perhaps there was something to be done in rivenwood about such? two young women who wished children, and one young man who had proven himself in his willingness to attend a skirmish and take the land.
mahler walked slowly, pondering.