Closure of a First Chapter
by SweetScribbly
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It took several hours, even after everything had been planned and boxed away for transport, for everyone to board the boats off the coasts of Kalldur. One by one, sails unfurled and ships begin their courses to a newly discovered land.
Suliin’yuln patiently waited to step on the boat set out for those from the Mother Grove, a camp for like-minded Mali, druids and allies to stay. She still felt out of place, a stranger that had invaded a group she wasn’t carved to fit into. But she left the Isles with more friends than she came with, and that enough was a comfort when the ship finally began once more to wide seas and a promise of home past the horizon.
She wore her green cloak, hood covered over bronze locks and her bow and quiver equipped to her back, the weight of Ceru Sul a new one that she had dedicated herself to carrying. The emerald fabric stitched to repair after a significant rip through the middle and frayed at the edges.
Yet not nearly as heavy a weight as the one on her mind. Her lasting memories of gore and bloodshed, the wet sensation of staining blood and spine-cooling fear. The invisible scars of being thrust into combat before she ever felt ready. The heavy expectation by peers and friends to take her first stride into becoming a druid. The heaviest weight of all – locating her maln to look after him and save him from his diseased limb.
She would continue interacting with those she’d grown to know better after such a long time in a community, putting on a brave smile in the daytime and retreating into herself in the evenings. There’s no doubt she was on the boat.
When the ship finally found purchase on new land, amongst the rabble to begin removing belongings, artefacts and more, one thing comes up short for the count from those who knew her. The green-cloaked redhead, who between all the noise, had managed to slip away quietly from everything once again.