Past
Darkness, the moon casts a faint glow over a small sleeping village, all is peaceful. Suddenly a piercing cry splits the air, it is a signal, and all hell breaks loose. The air is thick with the scent of blood and billowing smoke. The pained screams of villagers as they are viciously slaughtered echo loudly through the ears of a small ten year old girl huddled in fear in a small shadow between the cabins. Her dark hair covers her face as she tries in vain to block out the nightmare that has suddenly entered her normally quiet life. She is terrified as she had become separated from her mother when the Raiders hit and could not find her before her little panicked mind told her to hide. Her only comfort is from the small bundle of fur held tightly in her arms. The tiny wolf pup senses her distress and with small mewing cries cuddles closer to the only mother he has ever known.
It is over as fast as it began. The Raiders, having satisfied their need for violence, leave in a flurry of activity not even stopping to loot the dead and definitely not stopping long enough to notice the sole survivor of their terrible massacre.
As soon as she is sure the attack is over and the Raiders are gone the girl silently creeps out of hiding, tears streaming down her face. Still clutching the young wolf pup to her chest she begins to search for her mother. It does not take long, her mother is still where she has fallen, laying face down in front of their small cabin, slaughtered on her way to look for her daughter in the only place she could think of, "home". The young girl breaks into hysterical sobs and collapses onto the ground beside her mother. Leaning over she turns her mother face up and gasps in wonder. It is not the face of the woman she knows so well, instead it is the beautiful, sculpted face of an Elvin lady, with pale smooth skin and pointed ears, and sapphire eyes exactly like her own. The girl stares with her mouth agape frozen by the exotic beauty of the woman before her. Then in an instant the face changes, it becomes the face of a Raider woman, hideous and blood stained, with sharp teeth and horrible scars. The girl lets out an ear shattering scream and keeps on screaming.