It is winter, and it is cold. Outside, the wind has begun to pick up, shaking icicles from the trees and blowing snow from the frozen surface of the lake to mix with the white flakes beginning to fall from the gathering clouds. At first the weather appears unremarkable, but then the falling snow becomes heavier and the wind stronger as it grows ( Read more... )

In a quiet corner, there's a little party set up. It's a birthday party, for a two year old Dea al Mon Warlord Prince. There's a table of food and drinks, and balloons (Aiden insisted), and all friends old and new are welcome. The rest of the Blood especially, they're hoping their extended family will show up. In the meantime, Aiden's racing ( Read more... )

Morgoth has been observing. More to the point, he's been paying shrewd attention. The witches - by which he means the Edain and the Elda who have fought him before - are distracted. He has noticed the Merlin's increased reluctance to use magic. All this became very convenient... when he saw that suddenly there was a breach in the fabric of this ( Read more... )

And here's another new arrival, standing in front of the Mansion, peering about curiously. Nina had gotten off the ship later than everyone else, because her typist was lazy for no apparent reason. And now's she's stuck in the snow, freezing, with only a cardigan and jeans on.

"...Where am I?" she wonders aloud.

Name: Nina Rosario
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Aredhel hasn't been out much since she gave birth to her baby daughters Hirilondë and Alquarinquë. She's been slowly on the mend after a long and painful labor, and much physical exhaustion. She's better now, though, and the little girls have been gentle to their parents, behaving as well as you could expect from a pair of elven new-born babies.

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Two young men are walking toward the mansion, hand in hand. One is dark-haired and looks quite happy while the other is blond, pale and looks very annoyed ( Read more... )