Toirasa Ravenswood

Her footsteps, even when angry, always ambled towards the shore.

Toirasa stomped down the pebbled beach, not sure where she was going. She had taken Aderise’s advice to heart, and after packing her bag, had taken what few possessions she had left in the world and just…begun walking. It had been days now, and at last she had left Stormsong and entered the autumnal hills of Drustvar. Toirasa had marched straight to the sea, standing up to her knees in salt water as the sun set before her. A walk on a western shore with thoughts such as hers had once been an omen of ruin. Now, Toirasa knew there was no point to fear it. Asar was gone, the same way Sindorel, Thalassa, and the Felclars she had loved were gone. For perhaps the...

Into the pool she went once more -- into that darkness, that comforting embrace of Thalassa. While normally meetings with the Mother of the Seas were easy, soothing and gentle to the soul, today Toirasa felt the meeting was...different. Even Thalassa was agitated by the goings on -- and it showed in the feeling of the water around her. As her feet met a semblance of solid ground, the entire realm of the sea seemed to reverberate with tension.

My child. The goddess was there at once, perched on her throne of the tides. Today she could not hold a shape -- ever-changing, shifting through forms like the waves of the sea. Anxiety echoed through the halls. Toirasa had never seen the Mother in such a state -- it was slightly terrifying, to...

Everything about the central pool around which the enclave of Thalassa was created was made to provoke the feeling of comfort and security. The underwater island existed at the behest of the goddess, and the pool seemed to be the fulcrum: power rose from the surface, holding the ocean's pressure away and creating a pocket of space for the acolytes. Pillars encircled the area, chairs and couches placed so that the worshippers of Thalassa could sit and reflect upon its placid waters, crystal clear and seemingly having no end to its depths. Tonight however, attendants waited patiently at the sole set of stairs into the pool, not daring to touch the water themselves. The faint aquamarine light that filtered from the water above was all...