Red Fang Chapter 4

“I’m not going home, am I?” Avani asked, lured across the room by the promise of heat. Elise emptied the remaining logs beside the fireplace and moved the empty basket to a spot by the door.

“Did you not grow up here in the palace?” Elise asked as she sorted through the logs, stacking the larger ones to one side.
“No, Mother sent me to live with a priestess on the edge of town.” Elise fetched the chair for the princess, setting it in front of the fire and helping her sit down. “Oh, thank you.”
“You didn’t live here in the castle with your parents?”
“No, Mother said it was too dangerous for me to be in the court, that people would seek to take advantage of me, so she sent me to live with Sister Mira in a house in town.”
“Are you close to Sister Mira? Is she a priestess of Liandra like me?”
“No, she wasn’t interested in a child. All that mattered to her was the Unified Temple.”

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The Thousand Lakes

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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

Related Characters

• Avani Commaln
• Dren
• Elise
• Queen Galean

Related Locations

• Arshen
• The Thousand Lakes