Timeline: TC1853.03.17 (Two days after first recruits)
Location: Seven Peaks Territory, Eastern Valley
Raven woke to the sound of something howling outside the Verdant Spire.
Not threatening. Not distressed. Just... singing. A long, mournful note that echoed across the valley with haunting beauty that made her think of wolves calling to the moon and wild things that had never known walls.
She descended the tower's spiral stairs to find her three newest disciples already gathered at the base, staring toward the eastern perimeter where the water pillars stood sentinel.
"There's someone out there," Lin Yue said, pointing. "Been there since before dawn. Just... sitting. With animals."
