had to compress this to make it fit in upload limits but giving this its own post cause i'm enamored with the framing and colors

I will be honest, I don't know why I felt the need to pin this to the corkboard like a butterfly, but something pretty and sad came to me last night, about the way Aisedza's story is likely to end, though hopefully not for a very long time.

AuRaugust 2023 - Day 13 - Fang and Claw

"We knew full well the risks of my coming back here. Unfortunately for you, you dared come after our children, and now we bare our fang and claw."

When visiting the Steppe to introduce the kiddos to it goes a wee bit wrong.

Question of the Day!

Welcome back, all you vacationers who went to Tural! For a summer vacation! Nothing more than that! How was vacation in Tural?

(For the sake of people still working their way to or through Dawntrail, please refrain from any major story spoilers! Use this as a moment to talk about your favorite parts of Tural itself, whether that be locations, cultural information, foods, etc. Maybe your favorite vacation-like activity your WoL/OC did while in Tural?)

Better than Arashi was expecting. She got to leave behind her title of Warrior of Light for a while, repair her strained relationship with her sister, figure out that she's actually pretty good at mentoring others in the whole "adventuring" thing, and she got to fight a giant bird! Ideal!

She's already making plans to see more of Xak Tural, though. What she saw of it wasn't nearly enough for her tastes, and much too dusty. There's gotta be more to it than that, there's gotta!