#side arc

It was the rolling of the ring on the table that pulled her attention from the man as he spoke. “Well there’s a war, My Lady. Most we can say is he was in Kalimdor working his way north. The rest is confidential. As soon as we know more we’ll contact you.”

Dark brows furrowed at that. Knowing the reports she’d seen of the chaos stirring on the distant sister continent. Recognizing the ring, her heart sank. Feeding that feeling into her frustration, Rian turned again on the messenger from the Kirin Tor, The irony in his words nearly sent the walls spinning again. “What like you let me know he was missing in the first place?! Get out of my sight. If you do not deliver update I’ll look for you personally. You can take that to heart I’m a woman of my word unlike your blasted order and it’s secrets. Now Get OUT!”

It wasn’t until she’d taken another step closer, more forceful that the man went scurrying from the room making for the quickest exit of the keep before vanishing all together in a flash of vibrant blue. Pursing her lips, Rian turned to the stack of papers. Sorting through them once more until she came to the one the ring had spilled from. The seal broken but familiar. It was a bitter relief seeing that the message wasn’t one of peril on the senders side. Rian’s heart broke for her brother. “Gods, Theron... where are you?” 

Theron was truly missing not simply absent or lost in work, his trail growing colder. A sword and a war tore at the world, shredding the possibilities into infinite possibilities. Most brought fear and ache to Rian’s chest. Visions of Isabella’s lifeless form when Alex retreated to their door, Lorraine’s heartbreak at the aide Rian offered to her only ‘living’ relative. The countless lives lost and burned after the battle of Lordaeron. Sounds of mourning echoed in the valleys of Ravenshollow.