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[Woe]

47th of Zi'Da 722/Haven

Unfortunately, for Woe's sons, he'd come on his own. It wasn't for any sense of malice or punishment that he left them out of his travels, but he'd been visiting the Baroness earlier in the season, and wanted to avoid their doing anything to upset her, as her emotional state was often a worry for him. Not that she was fragile, but Woe did worry.

But now, he was on his way onwards to the North, to Haven, to meet Elisabeth Black and discuss their mutual tasks given by the Immortals. Of course, Woe had mixed experiences with Elisabeth a troubled history to say the least. But though they'd had their issues in the past, Woe wanted to try and get past those, and hopefully build a cooperative situation between Haven and Egilrun, if only for the sake of greater cooperation across the Island nation.

He arrived at the place she had mentioned she enjoyed. He was on the back of Soz, and wearing a coat of heavy leather over his surcoat tunic and trousers and boots. His hands were covered in warm gloves, and his eyes protected by goggles, as flying often caused wind chill to limit visibility. Plus it was just good sense to protect the eyes.

He landed on the beach, its warmth radiating even to where he sat astride his dragonling. There, he looked around for Elisabeth, and failing that would address any villagers that dared approach his dragonling.

[Elisabeth Black]

Zi'da 47, Arc 722

The settlers often mused that Elisabeth was omnipresent and omniscient. Haven’s leader seemed to be almost everywhere and knew everything before it happened. Most likely, that was because she had her hands in everything Haven-related, but it was absolutely true that not much made it past the observant young woman.

Sitting on the beach, meditating, something caught her attention. Used to the normal sounds of Haven, something was different, thus, pulling her attention away from the mediation session. With a deep breath in, then exhaling, sapphire eyes opened to track the source of the subtle disturbance.

Murmuring. It was the odd murmuring of the settlers that found her. As she glanced around, she noted their eyes to the sky and followed suit, finding the source of their interest – a visitor.

Rising, Elisabeth noted the creature’s flight path, taking it close to the cove. Her feet swiftly took her in that direction, waving off the guards as they tried to follow. She could understand a bit of the unease as flying mounts weren’t often seen over the skies of Haven, but the Elements did utilize them, so it wasn’t a complete unknown. Balthazar had a Scalvwing as well, but this creature was something different.

As she approached, Elisabeth realized a few things all at once. Their visitor was none other than Woe, and his mount seemed to be a dragonling. Her experience with such was minimal, and because of that, the young woman kept her distance for the time being, calling out to Woe instead of approaching, hoping he would quickly realize the reason for giving him space.

“Welcome back! That is certainly not a Sohr Khal.”

She would wait until either Woe joined her or he indicated it was safe to approach before greeting him to the settlement properly. While she had experience with animals, Elisabeth knew that knowing a creature’s innate temperament and nature was beneficial and that making assumptions could lead to disaster.

Haven’s leader was curious as to the purpose of the visit but assumed it had to do with the letter she had sent. They both had tasks they wished to pursue, and hopefully, utilizing their specialized talents, they could help each other for the betterment of others.

That was her hope, at least.

Template credit: Pyrre!

[Woe]

The kutzeldaur's body language was foreboding, but it didn't appear and would not appear as violent toward Elisabeth or the villagers. It would merely rear back and spread is wings slightly at their approach. The dragonling was bipedal entirely, and walked much like a ostrich or similarly bipedal reptile might, while it's wings acted as arms and the tail an agile counterbalance.

Woe slipped down from the creature, and held up a hand to bid it to stay still and not approach the villagers. Soz had her fill of company on this visit to Faldrass, between the Baroness and her own dragonling, which was entirely too friendly for Soz's liking.

So Woe was wary of imposing too much upon his dragonling companion, although he was open to being surprised.

A pair of shadowy horns protruded from Woe's head as he proceeded. A subtle signal to the Kutzeldaur that he wasn't to be accompanied into Haven proper. Thus signalled, the Kutzeldaur took to the darkening skies and would make to patrol the skies.

Woe nodded at Elisabeth. "I am glad you were able to receive us, it's a convenient date for us to meet now, as I was rendering some lessons to the Baroness Alyssia." However, the less he said of that, as the details were slightly privileged the better. He wasn't sure why he wanted Elisabeth to know, but probably had a good reason for it. "She's becoming quite the beast keeper, between her dog, her goose, and her dragonling and dragonet."

"But no, not a Sohr Khal. Soz is a Kutzeldaur, a dragonling of Kuvarakh." Woe said simply. Having spoken thus, Beans poked his head out from the collar of Woe's cloak, pointing its snoot curiously toward Elisabeth, but then shyly darting in when her eyes would inevitably be drawn toward it.

Woe for his own part seemed ensconced in a aura of darkness, like he was consistently occupying the shade. It almost seemed a magic mutation, but it was in fact part of his dragon-bond. "Now, refresh my memory. It's not so great these days."

"You wanted my help with a project involving glass sculptures? The Egilrun Glassblower Union perhaps?" Woe was aware of his connections there, but they might come into jeopardy when he made his political notions of commercial competition known to more organizations in Egilrun and across the island. "I can certainly help connect you to them. And depending on the specific nature of your request, I may be able to give advice on how to deal with them."

[Woe]

Rewards Requested

Notes/Warnings: Abandoned, hasn't received a reply since February and haven't heard anything from Elizabeth in that time.

Thread: [Haven] Fire and Water
City/Area: Faldrass Island

Renown: no
Collaboration: Yes

!	Message from: Jackalope
	Done!

[Jackalope]

Not gonna lie; this one makes me especially sad. Elisabeth, hope you find your way back some trial!

Woe

• XP: 15

Elisabeth Black

• XP: 15
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