Act II, Chapter One: Between Stone and Snow

BEFORE COMBAT, WHEN AZOTE AGREES TO HEALING:

"War was all that was meant for me to learn and not peace and growth. And the decades that follow have only more trouble. Would be nice if it ended. " You get the impression Azote is a war child. Seem she feels that war hasn't ended for her although she wishes it would. You also feel Azote is on the run and perhaps she joined here to do just that. There is an unwritten bond between the two. Both understand the need for healing.

ALSO BEFORE COMBAT, WHILE WALKING IN DARKENED SNOW.

Seelah keeps Bladeguard drawn, maintaining steady warrior-minded readiness. She glances at the blade’s pommel, gripped tightly in gauntleted grip. Perceptive friends can perhaps hear her utter, amidst fast-falling snow,

Acemi…

It is only when wolves make malelovent canine appearance, that our ebony erelander eventually falls into action!

It's been a day for the Sarcosan and with the way that he shaking it's unlikely that he's going to be much use in a fight. He can't even feel his fingers, let alone be relied upon to draw his bow. But this is why he practices, why he's always drawing sigils in the air and working his fingers through the movements that allow him to draw on magic. A scintillating pattern of colors burst forth from his fingers in a cone that washes over Wolf 3.