Getting a bit bored of the undulating monotony of the meadow, you decide to wander into a copse of trees.... just to check it out. You slip into a nearby group -- and are immediately beset by darkness. It is strangely dark here, and you wonder whether it was a good idea to do this after all. But you have no time to think about it for a sweeping sound from behind causes you to duck and feint. And something whizzes over your head -- a hairsbreadth above where your head was a moment ago.
You whirl about to face your assailant. And it is a smallish rakish mare, at first appearances not quite the opponent you were expecting. But then again, looks are usually deceiving ... She smiles condescendingly, her eyes points of light in her dark face. "Good good, you were faster than I thought. Not bad, huh? Well, I'll reserve my spikes for someone slower. Pleased to meet you, I'm Vallaii'Maikae. I usually don't take easily to strangers wandering into MY home, but since the Grimmorph Keeper has allowed you access ... who am I to complain against her?"
The mare walks around your side until she is standing in your path. The smile never leaves her face, but you can see a hidden disapproval, a barely restrained desire to strike and attack, than to negotiate. "I am a rakish of few words," Vallaii'Maikae continues, "but I'll warn you: it's best that you don't enter here. Who knows what dangers lurk behind these trees at every corner? And these copses are not what they appear on the outside. You might be lost forever in one of these, it'll take more than a few lifetimes to find your way out. So. Come, let's leave shall we? I don't wish that you find yourself in a fatal situation. Here's the route out."
It's all an analogy of herself, you think dryly as you are ushered out. As you head into the open, you cast a glance backward. Vallaii'Maikae is still watching you, and her bright eyes smoulder at you again, then disappear as she melts into the darkness of the trees and is gone.
| Name | Vallaii'Maikae |
| Translation | Dangerous Intentions |
| Age | Adult |
| Species | Rakish |
| Gender | Female |
| Gifts | Dark & Water |
| Sire | Ageku'Maral |
| Dam | Ketsuru'Shikureen |
| Mate | Brenik'Akuma |
Coat: D, sd
Mane: S, ss
Tail: G, h
ForeFeet: H, r*
HindFeet: H, d
Horns: R, g
Mutation: N, N
The Isle of the Grimmorph
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