-->Holy mother of pearl. I am gone but a year, give or take, and look what awaits me back home. Turmoil and incursion have corrupted the glade that I had loved so dearly. Yet, I know I shall come to love it again. My estrangement has not weakened my loyalty to the glade, and I hope my beloved Ravens will accept me again. I see few familiar faces, for I left so young I can not recall much of my life here. Aunt Dishonesty, Uncle Steel, you are the two I most remember. Do you remember me? I am sure my mother would have asked the two of to be my godparents if she would have stuck around long enough. She left, I am sure, just before she was about to become a somebody in the glade. She had no royal breeding, no formal training, so of course she would not rise quickly. She was most lacking in patience, though, she just couldn't wait, she needed more. And father, yes I loved my father, the respected Raven. I pictured myself as daddy's little girl, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. He stopped coming home, he would be gone for long periods of time. And mommy, she would leave sometimes too, said she needed to clear her mind. I think daddy was what drove mommy crazy, she just wanted more than he was willing to give. And now I stand here before you. I have seen neither of them for oh so long. Yet I will not, no I cannot blame any of my problems on them. I know I have issues, yet many have a dysfunctional childhood. I have learned from it though, and I am ready to put it behind me. And I most earnestly hope I will get another chance with the Ravens.<--
-->Wasn't it just a treat listening to my life story?<--



--> Calamity pauses on the border of Ravenglade. Her limbs stood stationary, her stance square, dignified. Dark brown voids wander across the glade's terrain. The scenery was a mottled red, stained with the blood of many battles won and lost, yet that was one of the things that drew her back to the ravens. News travels quickly, she had heard all the gossip about the raid. Ravenglade had planned an attack on Gullshore, yet the Gulls must have been spying, and heard of the intended raid. They sent forces into the glade, and the Ravens met them beautifully. They had been intelligent, in their manipulation of the Gulls, diligent in their surveillance of the Gulls, and dominant in the fighting. Calamity was proud of what the Ravens were doing, although, to her dismay and disgrace, she was not a part of the effort. <--



--> Yet, despite the extenuating circumstances, here she was, at the edge of the glade. Calamity was ready to dive into herd life again, after being a vagabond for so long. She inhales deeply, ready. Metronome movement begins again, carrying her toward the others. Calamity searches out someone not currently involved in a fight to converse with. She longed for further information about the raid, and to be filled in on all the Ravenglade events since she had left. <--

tragedy--> the returned raven <--
--> Salamandre x Kalte
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