Log Date: 9/11/96
Log Cast:
	Ynderra, Eagle, Mirth, Berrybuzz, Ravenhawk
Log Intro:
	With Lostholt's chief-family all out of the Holt, and with her own
mission to Willowholt looming, Ynderra the healer has been somewhat frazzled
of nerve. In the middle of her scurrying about the Holt to prepare for the
journey, she bumps into a new group of visitors....

----------
Ynderra comes trotting out of the Father Tree, leathern sack in her arms, and 
  comes to a screeching halt. Eeep, when did THEY get here? She blinkblinks, 
  then pipes, "Oh, hi!"

Eagle is staring at the size of the Father Tree, "Bigger than Dart said... Oh, 
  heyla. The guard back there said we were to come north."

Mirth nods his head, looking around him.
Mirth says "H'lo."

Ynderra blinkblinks, glances into the air, sending... then smiles crookedly. 
  "Mother says she saw you... you know Dart?" She peers at you both, over her 
  sack. "I don't remember seeing you in Sorrow's End, last time I was 
  there...."

Eagle
The sparkling eyes of this elf are probably the oddest you've seen in a long 
  time, his left eye a sparkling green and his right a beautiful shade of 
  turquoise. Standing at 3'6", he is sturdily built with a broad well muscled 
  chest and equally muscular limbs. Dress in only a dark blue loincloth that's 
  belted at his waist, Eagle's pale complexion is slightly reddened with the 
  beginnings of a sunburn. Several small pouches and a larger pouch dangle 
  from the elf's belt along with the sheath of a small knife, though the knife 
  isn't currently in it's holder. The only other adornments he wears is a 
  complex looking pendant that upon first glance is an arrowhead, closer 
  scrutiny reveal that and intiractly carved wolfhead has been carved onto the 
  wooden pendant. Eagle's usual smile is absent and a much darker, almost 
  forbidding, expression has taken it's place.
Carrying:
Eagle's hat

Mirth
        You eyes meet Mirth's laughing, twinkling hazel eyes. These eyes seem 
  to always hold smile and a laugh even when his face doesn't. His mouth is 
  full and his face bears a very dark tan. Mirth has a rough face though a 
  handsome one and he is always ready the crack a grin at the slightest hint 
  of humour. His hair is very dark brown, almost black and is very long, 
  growing to mid back. He wears his hair in many tight braids looking much 
  like dreadlocks. They hang all over his face and head. He wears a small vest 
  with a few colorful beabs sewn into it. His muscles bulge nicely and it 
  shows that the life in Sorrow's End hasn't softened him at all. In fact, it 
  hasn't changed him much except for his skin. He also wears shorts and his 
  feet are clad in thick leather ankle boots. He looks at you and grins, 
  nodding in greeting.

Mirth grins, "Prolly."

Eagle nods, "I'm a jackwolfrider. You probably didn't see me, I don't leave 
  the caves much during the day. I'm Eagle." He jerks a thumb at the other 
  elf, "He's Mirth."

Mirth snickers and winks, "Ya sure 'bout that, Mirth?"

Ynderra bobs her head, slightly scatteredly. "My name's Ynderra... um, so, are 
  you looking for Dart or something?" As she speaks, the maiden briskly 
  rummages through her sack, mouth moving as though she's taking inventory on 
  what's in there. She then sniffs at the air, mutters, "Probably sleeping, 
  and Kai's still with the cub..." and then blinks back at you again, in query.

Mirth whistles.

Eagle shakes his head, "We're not looking for Dart, just trying to find his 
  son's Recognized, Snowstorm. She left the village when no one really wanted 
  her to."

Mirth grins and nods his head.

That halts the maiden, and she blinks yet again. "Oh! Well, um. A lot of elves 
  have been here and gone, but I don't think anybody's spotted _her_... though 
  I guess she might be lurking in our territory somewhere, but I guess if she 
  were the wolves would have seen her, at least, or maybe one of the 
  Preservers, but no, she's not been in the Holt itself," she chatters.

Eagle's eyes never leave the Father Tree, "Dart might be able to tell us how 
  to get to holts the bug's never been to. That's why we're here."

Ynderra then cuts herself off abruptly, with a noise strangely like a squeak. 
  "Um, well," she says meekly, "Dart sort of left."

Mirth herms, "Oh well tha's good..."

Eagle smiles, "He's headed back to the Village?"

Berrybuzz comes flying towards you.
Berrybuzz has arrived.
Berrybuzz swoops into the clearing, beelining it for Eagle's hat and landing 
  right on top of the elf's headgear.

Mirth uhohs and looks at eagle with the look of 'Hear it goes again'

Ynderra nibbles her lip and glances north. "Um, well, not exactly. See, he 
  sort of took off after my sister's cub, she's looking for her soulname, 
  see..."

Eagle slaps his forehead, "Trouble, right?"

Ynderra looks vaguely relieved, smiling weakly. "Yes!"

Mirth arches an eyebrow, "Who's 'dat?"

Berrybuzz screeches, /"Berrybuzz not find BigHaired HighThing, Found LookLike 
  BigHair HighThing!"/

Mirth says "I don' wanna know."

Eagle shrugs, "She was in the Village a few turns ago, got sunsick. Remember?"

Mirth herms, "Thin' so. Not real sure."

Berrybuzz blinks at Ynderra, /"Hello! Hello!"/

Mirth looks around him again and then looks at Eagle, then back to Ynd, then a 
  long and suffering look at Berrybuzz.

Eagle rubs his ears, "We've put up with your chattering for days bug, can't 
  you be quiet for a bit. You're gonna make me mostly deaf right along with 
  mostly blind."

Ynderra giggles a bit at the Preserver and smiles to it. "Hello there..." She 
  then goes on, bobbing her curly head. "That's the one. Well, um, she's 
  looking for her soulname, but she went north out of the Holt, and Dart was 
  awfully worried, so he's gone after her, they're not in sending range but 
  we've been keeping sentries looking, and Strongbow's promised to watch as 
  long as everybody else is gone..."

Berrybuzz ceases its chatterring with a bit of a squeeky hmmph. Folding it's 
  arms across it's chest it taps a foot on Eagle's hat. Tap tap tap tap.

Mirth looks at the bug, "Why dontcha go and drown yourself, neh?"

Eagle holds up a warning hand to Mirth, "You taunt it and _I_ get wrapstuffed. 
  I told you if it happened again I was have the zwoot sit on you."

Mirth grins, "Now how couldja do tha' with you wrapstuffed?"

Eagle snorts, "Like the bug always says, 'Thinkdo magics not stuff in pretty 
  pretty wrapstuff.' The zwoot listens to me better than you."

Mirth grins, "I think to the zwoot would listen better to a bit in the rump 
  then a send." He winks.

Berrybuzz sticks its tongue out at Mirth.

Mirth sticks his tongue out back at Buzz.

Ynderra looks between the pair of visitors and chimes in somewhat anxiously, 
  "Um, look... are you going to go after Dart? I can show you the trail he 
  took if you want? Otherwise, well, you ought to make sure Strongbow knows 
  you're here since he's chief while Cutter is gone, I'd tell him, but I'm 
  getting ready to go myself, so I hope you don't mind if I'm somewehat 
  distracted, I have a lot of things on my mind and I have to find my wolf...!"

Eagle smiles, "It's been a long trip if you couldn't tell. You guys here need 
  any desert plants? We loaded the zwoot with stuff to trade about while we 
  were travelling."

Mirth hmms and licks his upper lip, "'Bout some a those plants..."
Mirth pats his side and herms, then looks back up to Ynd, "Your wolf get lost?"

Ynderra says blankly, "Desert plants... oh, um... well, you should probably 
  ask Strongbow, again... a lot of our hunters are out of the Holt right now 
  so if you've got any fruit that might be good... oh, puckernuts..." She 
  starts to pace, shaking her head as she does so. "No, Kai and I are about to 
  go to Willowholt and I need to find the lazy beast because we've only got 
  the one wolf between us, so Mirror's got to carry us both...!"

Eagle says "We're not going after Dart, no reason to. Sure someone here can 
  tell us the way to Willowholt, Wing told us that have a few plants and 
  mushrooms that Mirth and I would like."

Mirth grins and nods his head, then ooooohs! "THAT kinda findin'..."

Eagle blinks a few times, "You're going to Willowholt? Want a lift? We've got 
  a zwoot and a couple of wolves between us. Course we'd need to get rid of 
  some of the tradeables." He ponders things, "If Ravenhawk were here... he 
  said he was going to go after a couple of his old pack...."

Ynderra stops dead, blinkblinkblinking. "You... oh... you want to go there?" 
  Then, somewhat ramblingly, she chatters, "Of course you won't know in the 
  Sun Village, nobody in Willowholt can send that far, and it's a long trip, 
  and Strongbow probably didn't think to send word, oh hairballs, they're 
  having trouble, you know? That's why Kai and I are going, um, well, I guess 
  you could come with us, but I hope that won't upset them...!"

Mirth says "HUh? Ya jus' sorta shot right o'er my head."

Eagle says "Slow down, you're chattering faster and with less sense than the 
  bug."

Mirth says "And tha's sayin' a LOT."

Eagle moves to sit down on an exposed root but misses and lands on the ground 
  with a thump. Muttering he gets up and sits on the root, "Now I remember why 
  I brought Mirth."

Mirth grins, "Shoula ne'ar forgot."

Berrybuzz yeeps! /"Funnyeyed HighThing watch what do!"/

Ynderra pulls in a breath, trying to settle herself. Then, at a somewhat more 
  reasonable pace, though the maid looks somewhat frazzled yet, she explains, 
  "Yes... my mate and I are going to Willowholt."

Mirth says "Whhhhhhhhhy?"

Eagle shakes his head lightly, "I figured that part out, what's wrong at that 
  holt?"
Eagle hrms, "MY brother was supposed to come here. He's young, little taller 
  than Mirth, treeshaper? Named Ravenhawk."

Mirth says "never smiles?"
Mirth offers up.

Ynderra's eyes turn liquid, and she sets her sack down. Ticking off items on 
  her dainty fingers, she relays, "Ever since their elder treeshaper died the 
  Holt's trees have thought it's always Newgreen... let's see, Talek is 
  mind-sick, and is always lost wherever he goes... they hardly have _any_ 
  wolves... and the chieftess is awfully stressed about it all, or at least 
  that's what Strongbow said... Ravenhawk? Oh, sure, he's here... haven't seen 
  him much though, really, I guess he's shy or something, and with everything 
  else happening here I guess I forget about him..." She sighs.

Mirth grins, "Tha's easier then it looks, trust me."

Eagle nods, mulling the details over in his head, "What they need is a good 
  festival, that always loosens up the folks in the Village when things start 
  looking grim."
Eagle says "That howl we had for the Traders put them in a better mood, 
  weren't nearly as gloomy."

Ynderra finishes, "So anyway, I'm going there, because I'm a treeshaper and a 
  healer and Strongbow asked me to see if I can figure out what's wrong with 
  the trees, and if I can heal poor Talek, and bring back here anybody that I 
  can't help." She looks somewhat daunted by the entire prospect. "Kai's my 
  mate, and he's a healer too, so he's going to come...."

Ravenhawk walks up to the Father Tree from the clearing.
Ravenhawk has arrived.

Mirth grins and nods to Ravenhawk, "Long time, neh?"

Ravenhawk walks in from the south, a slight smile lighting his eyes as he sees 
  the gathering of elves.

Eagle smirks, "So you decide that my sendings weren't just a bad berry or two, 
  brother."

Berrybuzz flies up.
Berrybuzz has left.

Ravenhawk sends openly ** I was asleep, what do you expect? **

Ynderra then jumps a little and smiles tiredly to Ravenhawk. "Hi there, we 
  were just talking about you..."

Ravenhawk
Eyes a darker blue than the night sky and hair blacker than raven feathers are 
  what gave Ravenhawk his name. He wears a pair of loose fitting, dark grey 
  pants that he likely borrowed from someone since the black leather belt 
  around his waist is cinched to the to the point that new holes had to be 
  made. A gold collar in the shaped like abird with it's wing's spread circles 
  his neck, the only adornment on the collar, a single bird talon. His wrists 
  are sheathed in dark brown leather that has been fringed with tan leather 
  strips at the seams. On his his a quiver full of arrows and on his feet a 
  pair of tan, knee high leather boots emblazoned with raven symbold. Standing 
  tall at 4'2", his build resembles the tall grass of his prairie home. His 
  pale complextion is a sharp contrast to the black braid of hair trailing 
  down his back. A thin fabric shirt, the lad's only protection from the cold 
  of winter. He meets your gaze warily, looking away after a short time.
Carrying:
pack
A longbow

Mirth grins, "Tha' ya wake up?"

Ravenhawk rubs his eyes tiredly, ** So that's what brought on Eagle's sending. 
  ** He nods to Mirth before asking of his brother, ** How come you've left 
  the village, thought the desert was a little to bright for you to cross. **

Eagle winces remembering the that part of the trip, "It is... Hurt like crazy 
  but I want to find Snowstorm so Gentlerock can get her healed up and as 
  normal as she can get."

Ravenhawk ahhs, ** I met her briefly, she did not seem... well. **

Eagle chuckles, "Putting it nicely, right?"

Mirth grins, "Putting it as light as possibile without lyin'."

Ravenhawk nods, ** If you came looking for Dart, I've not seen him around for 
  the past few days. I think he's left. **

Ynderra says quietly to Ravenhawk, "He has." She slumps down to sit at the 
  base of the Father Tree, as if to catch her breath.

Eagle rolls his eyes, "If we were looking for Dart we would've sent that bug 
  searching for him. Bad enough he might've scared the boots off someone that 
  looks like him."

Mirth laughs.

Ravenhawk chuckles, ** The Preserver's here have been amusing. They find the 
  oddest names for things. **

Mirth blinks and thinks, "Did the bug think up a name for us? I've been 
  pluggin' my ears through the trip."

Eagle smirks, "I'm Funnyeyed HighThing, you're just nastybad HighThing."

Mirth grins and sends to Eagle

Eagle gives Ravenhawk a long look, "You got taller, again."

Ravenhawk blinks, ** I have? Everything still fits, I hadn't noticed. **

Mirth cranes his head way up. "Wow, he is tall...and he became very 
  green....messed up treeshapin'?"
Mirth says "Maybe he ate somethin'..."

Ravenhawk sighs, "I missed you too Mirth."

Mirth jumps and looks back down, "Aww. ya did? Big hug, biiiiiig hug!" He 
  opens his arms and rushes towards Raven.

Ravenhawk remarkably stands his ground as Mirth tackles him. ** Not really. **

Mirth ahs and nods, "Welp, missed ya too." and gets off Raven and sits down.

Ravenhawk picks himself up and brushes himself off, ** I'll be leaving for the 
  grasslands soon, then going back to the village. I promised Lyris. **

Mirth whistles and looks all around.

Ravenhawk sends openly ** What? **

Mirth says "Nothin'...."

Eagle laughs softly, "So Dart's not the only one wrapped up in a female. 
  Would've thought you'd find one here that was more to your liking."

Mirth hums.

Ravenhawk blushes lightly, ** Maybe, I have. My promise to Lyris id much more 
  important. **

Mirth grins, "I'd agree if'n I wasn't inna mood ta disagree."

Ynderra blinkblinks between you all, following your chatter distractedly, then 
  rises again. "I'm glad to see you're all together again, but if you'll 
  excuse me, I really have to get everything else I need to go to 
  Willowholt..."

Mirth says "Gunna wait for us?"

Ravenhawk sends openly ** You're always in a mood to disagree with me, Mirth. 
  **

Mirth asks Ynd.

Eagle says "We're headed to Willowholt next, brother. Ynderra says that they 
  need he treeshaping, might need yours as well."

Ravenhawk shakes his head, ** Redlance would be a better choice to accompany 
  her to that holt. From what I've heard it's beyond my abilities, at least 
  what I can do with them so far. **

Eagle nods to Ynderra, "Don't let us keep you from your packing. I know what a 
  chore it is to pack for a trip."

Ynderra says tinily, "Grandfather hasn't told me if he's coming. I think he 
  might want to stay to help Strongbow guard our Holt, but I don't know yet..."
Ynderra rubs a small hand across her eyes, looking tired.

Ravenhawk looks somewhat concerned, ** If I'm needed, I'll come. But I doubt 
  that I'll be of much help. ** He adds, ** You should rest, I'm sure your 
  mate can handle the rest of the packing. **

Ynderra looks up and smiles lopsidedly.

Ravenhawk smiles awkwardly, ** Kai should be able to pack a bag by now, he's 
  grown. <teasing> **

Ynderra says guilelessly, "I'm sorry, it's jsut that so much is HAPPENING 
  right now that I get a headache trying to keep track of it all!"

Ravenhawk sends openly ** Well you only really _need_ to keep track of what 
  you need to go to Willowholt. Wolfhaven and the other problems will work 
  themselves out with the others to think about them. **

Ravenhawk nods to all, ** If you'll excuse me, I've things to do. It was good 
  to see you again Eagle, Mirth. **
Ravenhawk walks away from the tree, back into the clearing that marks the 
  entrance to the Lost Holt.
Ravenhawk has left.

Eagle gets to his feet and chuckles, "I've got to go see if we've still got a 
  zwoot left to travel on. We left Numbskull with the wolves."

Ynderra stands, then, slowly, and smiles in unabashed fretfulness. "I... do 
  need a nap... welcome, both of you... we'll talk more about Willowholt when 
  I get up..."
Ynderra, with that, bobs her head and stumbles off into the tree.

Mirth grins and nods, "Seeya."

[End log.]