Last words

[Jason]

As darkness falls in the Hall of Hollowed Heroes, night noises join the sounds of a bon fire. Circled around the flickering flames, the last of The Dogs of War say goodbye to their fallen brothers.

Sorrows Bane starts. Those who live and die for pack shall always be pack. Those who live and die for Gaia shall always be of Gaia. Most would say we lost two great warriors of Gaia this day. I say two great warriors of Gaia were born this day. In their deeds they shall always live. In our memories they shall always live. So tonight we share with each other their lives.

The first time I met War Eyes he was half drunk, bored and looking for something to do. We struck up a conversation and he quickly filled me in on the Elders of the Sept, the strange things what had transpired in the area. . .

[Athena Fire-in-Snow]

Echo listens intently to Sorrows Bane's story, staring into the heart of the fire. As her Alpha's voice falls silent, Echo begins...speaking quietly, almost whispering into the night.

When I came to the Sept of the Forgotten Winter, it was the first time I had seen so many Garou. I was overwhelmed, hardly willing to lift my eyes for fear of giving offense to someone. But Sean was kind to me; he showed me his pictures and told me his tales, and he never gave me cause to fear him. I remember, on that first night...

[Saito Rei]

As Echo finishes, Lucia is caught up in her thoughts of Sean. She is slow to begin, but after a short time she begins.

On my first night in the sept, my sister had business to attend to. There was a lot going on that no body really paid me any attention. Sean was on of the first people to introduce himself to me. He started talking and telling me all about himself, and in all honesty I understood about only half of what he said. His heavy accent and all. He talked to me for maybe fifteen minutes before he brought out his photo album and showed me all the pictures in it, telling me the stories behind each one, and even though his accent was what it was, at that moment I felt like I understood him clearly. When ever he spoke of the places he'd been and the wars and conflicts he'd seen, he always came over clearly. The one I recall the most...

[Jason]

Right before the Space Olympics, I had challenged Astrid for the right to be Brenna's mate. She had worded it in such a way that allowed her to use her fetish weapon, and I was not. Uruz, who barely knew me, saw this and found it unjust. Without pause he lent me his own fetish. Because of this I . . .

[Athena Fire-in-Snow]

As Sorrows Bane brings his tale to a rousing conclusion, Echo is nodding her head in agreement.

Uruz was strong in his honor and knew his worth in his bones. He had been in a pack before, had fought and won amazing battles. Some with his experience would never have accepted anything other than Alpha, no matter the cost to the pack or its members. But he was much that is best in the Lupus, looking to the good of the pack; he accepted his place without complaint or fuss and made all of us stronger for it. I remember one time....

[Saito Rei]

Uruz saved my life. Without question. During our last battle if he wouldn't have parried that hit for me, I would have been dead instead of just badly wounded. It gave me a chance to heal and get back in the fight. I just wish I could have done the same for him....

[Wilhelm Opens-the-Way]

Watching from a respectful distance, Wilhelm, Opens-the-Way nodded his head, speaking to the fallen in his own, quiet way.