Northstar Vale every fang and claw

she does not know what she searches for, as dawn breaks again. perhaps it is power, as she had had not long ago. perhaps it is fulfillment; something she has come to learn is something else entirely, an unknowable thing. she knows only the constant flux of all things, and among those things what she has come to value. 

the warlord-of-nothing steps tightly against the rockface, aware of the way it drops away suddenly just ahead. below spreads a vale that seems half-familiar, and perforated with the scent of some unfamiliar pack. curiosity pricks, but she continues her way parallel of the borders none the less, though her pricked ears and stiff tail speak of her heightened awareness.

The Duchess had been near the borders lately since the launch of the great plan that Collision and Yuudai had to partake. Away from her young once again since she needed a few breaks here and there since she really didn't want to be cooped up in a den for hours of the day. Vespera trotted along the borders to clear her head since she had a lot of secrets that needed to be tucked away until the grand finale unfolded. But she broke away from her thoughts when the scent of another came into her nostrils so she decided to investigate. It was hard not to run on a stranger and tell them to piss off because she was worried for her young but the girl had to remember that she was changed and needed to be polite.

Vespera came around the bend and saw the figure of someone unfamiliar, so she did what any normal pack wolf did and chuffed a bit to get their attention. Yuudai and Collision did the same for her so she figured it was a polite way of getting someone's attention. "You stand near the borders of the Reneian Empire, what can I help you with?" She stopped near the stranger and focused her gaze on the stranger. Vespera was more confident since she was finally gaining her strength back from her birth so if she needed to protect the borders, she can.