cold calling

the VOICE

It comes like a song on the wind. Is the sound audible to everyone? Or is it in Zariah's head? Regardless - wherever it comes from, the voice is unmistakeable. The Voice is always unmistakeable.

There is a task suited only to one as powerful as you, it whispers, croons, sweet and dark into her mind.

No one else will do. No one else can do. Come, Queen Zariah Launceleyn. Come to the Greatwood, and know what there is to know.

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ZARIAH

I know I am a fierce Queen

The Queen heard the call, unmistakable, undeniable. Why though? She was perplexed by it. The Voice had not been impressed with her before - what had changed? A task only she was fit for...it certainly was intriguing. The Queen rose, exiting the Manor quickly, a few quiet words to Edrei that she had been called by the Voice for something and she would return later the only notification of her departure.

Without hesitation, and with great haste, the queen made her way into the Greatwood.

And they know it too

the VOICE

The Greatwood welcomes Zariah Launceleyn with open arms and an open maw. Whispering on the wind, the Voice continues to offer information, instruction and guidance. Through the Wildwood, through the trees, sacred, ancient.

Dawn rises on a brisk, Leafchange morning, and the Queen of the Hollowed Grounds does not return. Not on that day, nor the next, nor the next. The woods have swallowed her up, and she has disappeared.

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Zariah has gone missing after heeding instructions given by the Voice. Edrei Launceleyn is now the only remaining member of the cabinet for leadership within the Hollowed Grounds.

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