Status Updates From Foxcraft – Die Magie der Fü...

[SPOILER] “The wolf watched me evenly. He started forward and I grimaced. But instead of setting on me, he gave me a deep bow, stretching his forepaws before him and lowering his hindquarters, dipping his head against his chest.
“Well then, brave Isla,” he said solemnly. “You can call me Farraclaw. I am a wold of the Snowlands. You release me, despite my resistance, and I am in you debt.” I hope they will meet again

[SPOILER; TW: Death] “Karka stayed frozen, held in his thrall. He sprang upon her and threw her down, fastening his deadly fangs around her neck. With a brutal snap he shook her and then dropped her, letting her head roll on the greystone.
She stared at him with her single grey eye. Would stare like that for ever.” Oop— Welp, bye-bye Karka

[SPOILER] “I couldn’t allow [Karka] to take me alive. To live was to have my will snatched from my body … I dragged myself over the greystone …
A blood-curdling yowl and my eyes flew open. …
A growl rumbled from the belly of the earth. A beast appeared, with pointed ears and a white, shaggy pelt. …
The great wolf opened his jaws.” Oooooh thanks that’s very nice

[SPOILER] “Concealed beneath Siffrin’s vibrant red coat, hidden in plain sight, the dark red grooves had looked like nothing. But now, with his pelt clinging wetly to his skin, I saw what the curls and curves of the faded mark added up to.
A rose-shaped scar.
The same scar carved on to all of the Taken.
… “You didn’t just come across Kalka’s skulk at my den. You were one of them” Oh shit—

[SPOILER; TW: Death] “What did you see at my den? … What did Karka do, as you stood and watched?”
… “It wasn’t like that. There was nothing I could do…”
… “You watched her kill my family.”
“When I arrived it was almost over. Your ma and fa, they were already dead…” Oh— Shit

“What would the world look like with fewer furless in it” That’s a very good question

[MINOR SPOILER] “I met his gaze and a current shot through me — as though his heat and energy were reaching inside me again.” Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 👀

[MINOR SPOILER] “I gave you maa-shame, the healing foxcraft. I shared my maa with you.”
“Your maa?” …
“Maa is the essence of every fox. It is their life source, the power inside them. It is everything they’ve seen; it is all they have known. It is who they are.” And he gave her a part of that??? Damn.

[SPOILER] “The voice of the grey-faced fox, fierce and shrill: “You belong to him! Darklands fox, deceitful fox! How dare you fight us, you filthy defector… We have seen the mark!” Oh, Siffrin used to be one of them?

[MINOR SPOILER] “Siffrin…?” …
A pretty fox cub trod towards me. …
“Isla?” she whispered.
I stumbled away … as if struck. Dizzying rage hammered through my body. It clenched at my throat like powerful jaws … I found myself staggering … Sickness rose inside me, acid and urgent. I retched and heaved as my legs collapsed beneath me. The sickness came in violent spasms, infinite beetles pouring on to the ground.” Wtf?

[MINOR SPOILER] “What do you want?”
The dog spoke slowly, as though I was a fool. “I already told you — one of the Elders sent me. I need to find your brother. I thought you might lead me to him.” Her brother? What for? And are these Elders the enemies of the foxes who kidnapped Isla’s family?

[SPOILER] “Who are you? … What are you?”
The dog glanced across my shoulder … The wind rose over the quiet deathway, tickling my whiskers. I could smell something on the air — a sweet, musky odour, the same scent I’d caught in the black dog’s yard.
The mongrel ran his tongue over his muzzle. … “My name is Siffrin. I am not what I seem… I am a messenger of Jana, one of the Elder Foxes from the Wildlands.” … okay?

“Stay away,” snarled the dog, baring his teeth.
My attention snapped back to him. Anxiety clawed at my belly. He didn’t look right. I frowned, gazing at his wiry fur.
What was it? Then it struck me: although he stood beneath a brightglobe, the dog cast no shadow.” Oh?

“I heard a rustle of leaves. There was movement near the fallen branch that led to the wildway. My heart leaped with hope. The silhouette of a fox — it might be Fa! It might be—
I made out small, round ears and a lumbering frame. In the vanishing light, the single grey eye flashed green.
My blood curdled in my chest.
“A foxling! I knew it!” Oh no—

“Did you say there were only four?”
… “One cub, Karka, four foxes in all. Have you reason to think—”
… “I told you not to ask questions! … You never know who could be listening… The Elders have eyes … everywhere!” … The thickset fox shook out her fur. I smelled cinder and ash. “Our enemies will not get far. Tarr is already searching. Traitors, all of them!” Okayyyy… Wtf happened? What did they do?

“A bitter smell seized my nose. I saw flares of red light amid the darkness of the den. Smoke spun in slow plumes, murky against the last fizzle of sun.
A ripple of fear ran along my back.
Where is my family?” I KNEW IT

“I rose to my paws. A deep sniff and I was certain there were berries. If I gathered a few and took them back to the den, the others would be pleased. And if I was quick, I’d still be there before them — Ma, Fa and Greatma had to move the kill.” That is not a good idea