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22nd of January, 1884, Novandria

What's Left to the Shadows

by Maelie Arsenault

As Fox watched the news in Montaigne and Patlov take a skeptical stance towards the dragon attacks she became sure foreign aid would be scarce. So she did what she did best, she used the black market to get what she needed. She turned every smuggling operation under her control to bring in food, building supplies, and medicine.
 
And to make the purchases... well, the nobles wouldn't need their shiny silverware and glittering jewellery. She had felt helpless struggling to move rubble yesterday to save people. But theft? Fox was born for it.
 
And let them talk about opportunistic criminals. Nobles complaining about losing a crystal goblet weren't her concern. Her's were the South Ward, the people last on the list for rations, for shelter, for medicine. Her people.
 
Would the Syndicate profit? Maybe. She'd balance the books however the higher ups wanted. But she'd cut through the red tape of customs, the Nobles First disbursement, and get her people what they needed.
 
Fox needed to move, couldn't bear to stand still, couldn't bear to let her mind wander to the image of poison and fire engulfing her wife. Of her chatty friend falling silent. Of their stalwart cleric falling down. Of her chaotic best friend staring blankly at the plainness of the dragon's cruelty.
 
But her legs wobbled and her fingers were raw from moving broken stone. So, she sat at the Fox & Feather late into the night and gave orders to the shadows of the city.

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  1. The Last Rule
    November 27th, 1882, - Novandria
  2. The Den
  3. Am I losing?
  4. A Close Call
  5. Plans
  6. New Toys
  7. Mistakes were made
  8. Too close to home
  9. Not like you.
  10. This City is Mine.
    February 6th, 1883
  11. Aimless?
    March 5, 1883 - Novandria
  12. The Game Begins
    February 13th, 1883
  13. Too much like You
    March 13, 1883
  14. Safer in Shadows
    April 3, 1883
  15. New Beginnings
    April 7th, 1883
  16. Ready to Run
    April 17th, 1883
  17. Home
    April 25, 1883
  18. Can you steal a heart?
    May 8th, 1883
  19. Trouble
    11th of May, 1883
  20. Heartbreak
    14th of May, 1883
  21. Hunter or Prey?
    16th of May, 1883
  22. Guilt
    19th of May, 1883
  23. Untrustworthy
    21st of May, 1883
  24. Why am I like this?
    25th of May, 1883
  25. Worthy
    8th of June, 1883
  26. The One She Left Behind
    13th June, 1883
  27. Annnd it's back...
    July 1st, 1883
  28. Learning to Fly
    July 4th, 1883
  29. Thrill of the Hunt
    July 29th, 1883
  30. From the Embers
    21st of August, 1883 // 1867
  31. Mother Knows Best
    16th of September, 1883
  32. A Snake, a Star, and a Fox
    25th of September, 1883, Novandria
  33. It wasn't him.
    28th of September, 1883, Novandria
  34. The New Blade
    13th of September, 1883
  35. Something Good
    October 31, 1883 - Novandria
  36. The wound that won't close
    18th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  37. Promise
    25th of December, 1883 - Novandria
  38. Fallen through the cracks
    6th of January, 1884 - Novandria
  39. Day to Night
    7th of January, 1884
  40. What's Left to the Shadows
    22nd of January, 1884, Novandria
  41. The World without Colour
    18th of February, 1884, Bellancourt, Montaigne,
  42. Seventeen Roofs
    26th of February, Novandria, Eisen
  43. Crossing the Board
    4th of March, 1884, Novandria, Eisen
  44. New Freedom
    May 4th, 1884
  45. Saved
    5th of May, 1884/16th of July, 1858

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