Foxwin

Brammy and Kes tie the knot with a day's notice at the Bree Town Hall. No time like the present!

Davick, a friend and mentor to Kes, officiated. Brammy's brother Fox was the only witness.

The bride looked glorious!

Ted watched as his Aunty Nora cleaned up his little brother. His late mother's sister had taken control of the household in the aftermath of the birth. The new widow, Tom Bramble, took to spending his evenings drinking the “piss-water” of the Mad Badger Inn, coming home drunk and shouting at Ted when told by Nora he had not been entirely useful during the evening. His aunt, to Ted's dismay, ran a strict household.

“Here, hold him while I go fetch some more water. No, not like that, like this”

Taala tore her first sketch of Foxwin up, after she found his brother Brammy waving it about next to the fountain in Bree and openly mocking her about it.

It had been hours since his mother had declared that the baby was on its way. Ted had been ushered to his attic room and swiftly forgotten about as his aunt arrived at his father's cobbler's shop to deliver his new sibling. He lay now on his straw bed, his head under his pillow doing all he could to drown out the screams.

Taala sat upon her bed thumbing through the pages of Hardoleth’s journal.  She had read her father’s journal many times over, feeling blessed to have it, for it had taught her so much about the man.  He had written his innermost thoughts there; surely the truth would have been recorded in those pages?

Part 12

Part 11

Anger consumed Taala, any semblance of discipline or care drained, she turned towards the woman...Eroforth looked confused, seeing her intent he shook his head emphatically.  Taala strode over to a chest of drawers, extending  her search she ransacked them, casting the contents about the room in a frenzy.

Part 10

Three carcasses where piled around the back of the house, and three more lay within the front room inside the house their throats gaping.  There was only one left of their number who may know the whereabouts of Taala's locket...the woman who carried scar-arm's child, her safety bought with his own life.