María's return
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_María's mandatory time at the warcamp had ended long ago, she had left right after it to an unknown destination, only she knew where she was going and why. She was gone for a very long time, and by the time someone saw her again in Narfell, it had already happened. The change, had happened.
She avoided contact with everyone, even with her own students or collegues of the keep. She avoided the big city, she avoided the small town of Norwick. She avoided everything, she avoided everyone, and when she was seen, which was rarely, she would always be seen wearing the hood of her cape.But that was not all. Ever since she arrived, there had not been any more rampages in the woods. No more decimated bugbears, no more burnt to ashes gnolls, no more utterly destroyed goblins around "her lake". There was not even massive dragon tracks to be seen anywhere.
She has been spending all this time alone, except for the company of Kitty. She has been spending all this time in unaccessible places for most mortals or adventurers, just to be able to be alone. It's rumoured she even forced the beholders out of their caves just to find a place to be in total calm.
What has she been doing? What will she do now?
No one did ask. No one really needed to. Her best friend had died. Shallyah had passed away, and everyone knew that._