Unseelie and Drowess Meet

Arianna Shadowdew walks around the dark halls of the Shadow Lands, alone and lost in her thoughts. Ever since her hasty retreat and failure to overthrow the Druid King, she's fallen out of favor with her people and lost the respect of her superiors. "My. How the mighty have fallen," she tells to herself as she seeks solitude in the darkness.

Arianna Shadowdew: She stops to admire one of the enormous spiders that call this place home. She knows her way well around these creatures. Having raised many since they hatched. "Hello there beautiful. How many have you killed this week?" She asks the spider, a pang of frustration, sadness, and anger clouding her mind. How long has it been since I've seen battle? Since I drew blood?" she thinks to herself.

Arianna and the Spider

Windy Ravenfeather completed her journey from Mirkwood to the Shadow Lands, carrying the collar in her pouch. "I hope she's still in these parts. Haven't seen her in an age. Since I was able to procure some nice spiders for my forest."

Windy Ravenfeather makes her way inside the darkened halls of the Shadow Lands. Her gift in concealing herself in the shadows will serve her well here. It's so much more difficult to find shadows in Cheshire, where the sun finds its way in even in the forest.

Windy Ravenfeather stealthily and with great caution she avoids the few Drows that are walking about the area, then she sees her in the distance. She moves quietly through the shadows and hides in a patch of large mushrooms. She watches her intently, not sure if she should approach.

Windy Hides

Arianna Shadowdew 's blood red eyes and sharper than a bird of prey in the darkness. She knows these halls better than the back of her own hand. She knows every nook, cranny, plant, insect and even every shadow. It serves her well in battle.

Arianna Shadowdew: Out of the corner of her eye, she notices a shadow moving here and there until it stops behind the mushrooms. She acts as if she is not aware of the creature hiding, watching her. "Beautiful spider. My friend, I think I might have found you a suitable snack." She says to the spider with a wicked smile on her lips.

Arianna Shadowdew: Without looking at the stranger, as she pets the spider carefully, she speaks loudly for the stranger to hear. "Would you like to meet my friend here? She's rather hungry tonight, and....well, you smell really good."

Windy Ravenfeather trembles at hearing the words coming out of the woman and knows she has to face her. Swallows hard and pulls her courage. "Well then! Here goes nothing." she says to herself then walks out of her hiding place and nears the woman.

Windy Ravenfeather: "Greetings M'Lady Commander Arianna."

Arianna Shadowdew's face is impassive, though a hint of anger is reflected in her eyes. She speaks coldly in almost a hiss. "No longer Commander little dark one. It's been quite a long time since you've entered our halls Windy."

Windy Ravenfeather looks nervous at realizing her greeting already managed to anger Arianna. She knows full well how dangerous she is, and her power is definitely not to be taken lightly. She nods softly keeping her eyes on her, watching in case of attack. "Aye M'Lady."

Arianna Shadowdew: "Have you come for more spiders?" she asks studying the fae carefully.

Windy Ravenfeather shakes her head slowly. "No M'Lady. I come in the hopes that you might shed light on an item I recently.....acquired."

Arianna Shadowdew paces slowly around Windy, a small smirk on her face. "An item? What sort of trinket would be important enough to risk your life coming here and disturbing me?"

Windy and Arianna

Windy Ravenfeather eyes widen in fear of her. "It is a small collar M'Lady. One that is, filled with....dark magic."

Arianna Shadowdew stops walking and stares at Windy. "Dark magic, you say? You better be sure about what you are saying little fae, or I will feed you to my friend here."

Windy Ravenfeather swallows hard and takes out the collar handing it to Arianna. "Please examine it yourself M'Lady."

Arianna Shadowdew eyes the collar then picks it up. The moment her skin touched the inside of the collar she could feel it. She could feel the darkness, the hatred, the evil intent it carried and she arched an eyebrow as if intrigued. She raised the collar to her face to take a closer look. "Where did you get this?"

Windy Ravenfeather hesitates at first, but knows that Arianna has ways of getting the truth out of people that are rather unpleasant. Not wanting to see her wings ripped from her back she decides to respond. "There's this cat, you see. I took it in hopes of getting a ransom from the owner, who is rather attached to the creature."

Arianna Shadowdew looks at her as if she would laugh at the nonsense coming out of her mouth. "What kind of imbecile are you? No one would pay ransom for a stupid cat!"

Windy Ravenfeather looks flustered and very nervous. "He would! The Druid! What's his name again....ummm..."

Arianna Shadowdew looks at her, her eyes narrowed and looking as if they would melt her skin right off. "Jaekob? The cat belongs to Jaekob?"

Windy Ravenfeather nods emphatically. "Aye M'Lady. He's always doting on the creature, so I figured a few easy coins to make, for very little trouble."

Arianna Shadowdew: The name echoing in her mind, as loud church bells, sending a deafening sound through her skull. That man that has brought nothing but misery and shame to her and her family. She suddenly looks calm and almost content. She grins at Windy. "I shall help you in this matter, Windy. However, I will need you to tell me everything you know about this cat and Jaekob."

Windy Ravenfeather: They retreat into the shadows, speaking in hushed tones.