Red Fang Chapter 29

“Are they any better?” Dren asked Elise as she closed the door behind her. She had just returned from the sacred grove with Avani and the baby and gotten them settled. The priest had taken the child at the crack of dawn to perform another of his rituals and when Elise had collected him an hour later the child had screamed itself hoarse.

“I think so, but they can’t take much more of this. I don’t understand what Father Aldwin wishes to accomplish?” Elise said desperately. “The risk can’t be worth hurting them like this.”
A freezing wind rattled a shutter open filling the corridor with bright sunshine and Dren gave the courtyard a quick look before securing the latch. After the brief flash of daylight, everything suddenly felt darker to Elise.
“It’s not for us to know,” Dren said.
“I need to visit the kitchen. Avani will be hungry when she wakes up. She asked if you would like to join us. It doesn’t make any sense you sitting out here and eating on your own.”

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Nestled in the shadow of the Intraana mountain range is a vast land of marsh and forest. Rivers pour in from both the north and south flooding the region until it's more lake than land and yet it is home to more life than any outsider could imagine. Hidden among the reed beds are villages and farms, not all sited on dry land, some float. The villages of the marsh elves drift with the seasons, following the migrations of birds and fish, ignored by the humans as long as they don't get too close. A human king claims dominion and is ready to shed blood to prove it, not his but those of his men, marching them into the swamp to kill and needlessly die. But there are still places where people can hide from tyrants and create homes and communities of their own.

Parent Plot

The Red Fang

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• Dren
• Elise
• Toli

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• Arshen
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