Over the next several decades, Fraeya worked with Alma to restore the people’s belief in Silvertree and, step by step, replace the old council with fresh voices and faces. They were no longer considered the elders. The people addressed them as the Shadow Breakers. Nothing could hide from the truth when the light shattered the darkness.

Hello gentle friends and welcome to Unn Thalor. I am the current leader of the Shadow Breakers. Before I took up this great mantle, I studied the history of the Wataki Soma tribe with avid interest and great pride for my people. My great-grandparents Keerla and Beluar told me all about their younger days before they passed away. I enjoyed listening to countless stories about Fraeya and Alma, the founding members of my order. They were particularly fond of the wolf Elwin and his journey that turned him into a god’s champion who saved the entire valley from the darkness.

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Not many are left who remember those tumultuous times. The female wolf, Cithrel, is long dead but her legacy remains. It is said, that if Keerla was to be believed, this wolf had been ordered to remain with us, including her descendants. I never got the chance to meet the famous archer. She died giving birth to her third child but her stories live on.

I have ventured beyond these walls and seen the wolf pack that guards the valley and all who dwell in it. Some claim to have seen Elwin and his mate Vanima roaming the forest at night. Elves they may have been for a time, but wolves they were in the end.

It's rumored that Elwin's mate, Vanima, convinced the stubborn alpha to seek out the forest god Silvertree for a boon that prolonged the couple's life. If such an impossible notion is true, how fitting and wonderful to know our champions still live wild and free in the land they helped save.

Wouldn't you agree?