An unexpected return.

[Malinne]

Malinne sits up in a daze and observes her surroundings. Her weapons and clothing are thrown about upon the sand and all she can hear is the sound of the violent waves crashing against the sandy beach. The sun is just peaking over the horizon and its rays bounce off the waters surface stinging her eyes. Malinne flinches and quickly grabs her black cloak and covers her bare, pale skin, pulling the hood over her face.

"What am I doing here?" She asks herself, hesitating to look up as she sits upon the ground pondering. "Why would they allow me another chance... funny I would call it chance..." she glances over herself and tries to wipe the crusted blood off her body. After failing to remove the stains from her skin and cloak, she decides to gather up her weapons and armor and search for the few people she remembers.

"With this storm rolling in, perhaps I should find shelter to shield me from the salted rain..." She mumbles as she stumbles off half asleep into town.

[paul laffing]

A sign lays upon the sheet, once beautifully printed by a master calligrapher. It reads:

Come, join us! The Illarion Crafting Supplies Closing Sale ends on August 26! Get em while they last!
~Paul Laffing~

The sign has the usual wear and tear of weather and footprints.

[Konstantin K]

Loyal hands of a friend silently meet the tired cloaked woman on her path.
Two hooded figures walk away slowly into the cold night, to the North, further and further across the desert, towards the Kingdom of Northerot.

[Zarah]

Zarah walks along the beach of Northerot shouting for her beloved man for hours when she hears Nerevar saying that he saw him with another lady called Malinne. She looks at the waves for some minutes., then takes a deep breathe and walks to the Northerot castle with a very sad look in her face and searches for Zerbus.