
An unusually cold night manifested near the Autumn Court's Laigin. The full moon of Lessat reflect from the nearly still water of a lake. The local Kilerthi villagers dubbed it the Lake of Dreams. One of the many paths to Laigin could bring travelers near the lake.
On this particular night, moths danced above the moonlit water. A woman, Irkalla, sat upon a rock and gazed out to the lake - alone except for the company of the moths. The tips of her wings dipped into the cool water. She appeared unbreathing and unmoving.
Instead of the roaring fire Irkalla's eyes normally were, they appeared as a mundane dark brown. Only one word could describe the expression she bore that night.
Somberness.
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