TheFluffyLady

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Age 50 years old Mate Best Friends Apprentice

The Beloved Wife The_Fluffy_Lady called Fluffy born… somewhere… sometime. Maybe she had a family, maybe a clan, maybe she had always been alone. Anyway, she couldn’t remember a thing before ending up in the Trading Post. Nothing except from all the books she had read about battle, religion and philosophy… In the Post, she met The_Witty_Knight, the great silver-winged guardian. Witty protected her from some bandits and tried to teach her how to survive in such a big city before flying away but Fluffy didn’t feel it that way. She stayed with the guardian until he agreed to share with her his meals, his thoughts, his life… Time pass by and Fluffy decided Witty could become more than a trickster. With the precious help of several dragons, they made him a knight and founded a clan. Moving in the Tangled Wood was the best idea ever! They had everything they needed to build their family and prosper. With Witty, they had 5 then 4 strong children. According to their belief, their first son and first daughter had to join the Shadowbinder in her eternal fight and so did the first girl of their second nest. Fluffy would have love to keep her children closed to her but she knows how important their task is! By becoming a proper well-developed clan, they had to widen their activities and Fluffy became the Lady of the House at the head of the Librarians, the Treasurers, the Doctor and her Nurse and the Chefs cook. She is now pretty busy but likes to take times to chat with her daughter Witty_Lady and Dynastie with whom her daughter lives after marrying her son, Silas. Silas could have been the heir of the Clan of the Dead Stag if only their Leader hasn’t so… After lots of joy and some grandchildren, the quiet peace seemed to weight on Witty’s shoulder so when he asked her if they could move to the Plague lands to face new challenges, she couldn’t help but to agree. New land, new children but nothing really went as expected…

“Mother? I… I know you forget a lots of things… Well… almost everything but… could you explain me how Father and you got together… I mean… you don’t seems very… compatibles…”

The smiling tundra looked at her son, Wise, tilting her head. If the young dragon was bright enough to become a war council, according to his father, he was just stupid enough to think love as a logical concept. Poor thing… If she could explain him how they got together? Of course, she can’t! But she could tell him their story. She remembered so well. If only this cheeky son of her could listen and understand!

“You remember how I met your father, right? Well, I was pretty lost in this big city and thought it would be smart to stay with him. He was fierce but rational, stubborn but witty, cold but attentive. Although he saw me as a burden at the beginning of our stay together, I know he learned to appreciate my presence. He had someone to support him when he fought, someone to celebrate him when he won and nurse him when he lost. Yes, son, don’t look at me with these hatchlings eyes, it happened! Now listen! Furthermore, your father suffered from loneliness and was quite happy to speak with me.

You’ll ask yourself what we could speak about, right? Well, I’m not as dumb as I look. I’ve spend most of my early years reading, even if I don’t remember where. And I learned lots of things about philosophy, religion, battle, royalty and proper grammar. Your father hadn’t always got this sharp tongue of him. He had the ideas but growing up in the streets left in his way of speaking something pretty… flowery! I taught him everything he needed to become a perfect trickster and his deals grew bigger.

We had great time wandering the shadows, tricking dragons in order to make money and stuff but I got pretty seek of the city. I told him that if he really was the knight I though he was. He needed to look further than this smelly city. He needed to confront himself to the really world outside those walls and explore the great possibilities that were offered to us.

Of course, blinkered as he could sometimes be, this discussion didn’t end very well… He left me alone several days. Even today I still don’t know where he was but when he came back, he has changed.

He asked for my forgiveness, offered me a Gloomwillow Guide, telling me:

“In the meaningless of my life, you appeared to me as a light, a guiding light. You make me realise I was weak but could become stronger and you helped me to change. I’m not yet the knight you deserve but I know that, if you stay with me, I will do all my best to make you radiant and proud”

Next day, we packed the few things we possessed and left to the Tangled Wood”

Wise stayed immobile for several more minutes before blinking. He didn’t know his mother had such a memory about important facts. He didn’t know his father hadn’t always been perfect as he was. In fact, Wise learned that day that he didn’t know anything except one thing. He wanted to find a love as pure as his parents' love.