Episode: Post Season 1 Intermission
Posted by Story on 07/19/17
During the Siege, Mistress Leola Allentore was often present in many places, working hard to support any number of initiatives with a small army of extremely well-trained animals. Each time, she reminded people that while they all helped freely, that one day she would call for help and would expect to be answered. And so it is that a small group of people leave the city to head north to a small stand where once a Grove of Petrichor flourished - and since the Silence has been gray and dangerous. The stories agree in the main - all of them mention Mistress Leola, Princess Sophie, Father Orazio, Sir Preston, Dame Alexis, and Mistress Thena, called to assist. But the details are all so strange and differ wildly, and all thoroughly unbelievable - Princess Sophie, talking to a small squirrel doll clutched carefully in one hand, Dame Alexis, muttering about incomplete briefings, even the completely ridiculous tale of a stoat riding a lioness. But possibly the least believable detail is one report that has Father Orazio briefly smiling on the way back into the city. In any case, the group is bloodied and battered and dirty, but strangely at peace.