I wish mother was here. *sigh*
"That we do. Who knew we had something like that in common?" She gives throws a haughty look in their direction, and gives Fluffy a pat.
Any plans on becoming court sorcerer or Royal Huntsman?
"Leave me alone with that royal protocol s$%~. I'm going to make an extended visit to the Skar-Quah. And then I'll decide what to do."
"I still need to do something about my faith. Hell isn't the place to spend the afterlife. At least according to my tastes. And it looks like I got the money to not have to take over the family tradition of doing politics."
The Skar-Quah is a goal of mine as well. Secluding myself for the rest of my life seemed to be my fate until I left the city, but now I can see what I am lacking, so the Maiden of the Moon may very well help me find a new home.
"I might as well come along and visit the Lyrune-Quah. They were all archers, weren't they. Maybe they are even a better match for me than the Sklar-Quah. At least I know already, that I can't get a woman and keep my hair with the sun tribe. But for sure we have to tell our heroic deeds to Krojun."
"You buried your idea to open up a tribe of your own - the void clan?" Tyrandro asks Ayako.
Oh come now, I am sure you will look fine bald. As for a tribe, I think we would end up becoming boogymen with tale of our heads falling off and dripping unfortunate fluids. Time to keep my body parts from flailing around at random times.
"If you'd be the boogeyman fo rthe tschamek and keep them out of the cinderlands with the act, you'd get great renown with the shoanti."
"Did you learn some riding in the meantime, or are we travelling by magical means?"
Riding? Oh dear, I seem to have forgotten something.
*** Ayako's Epilogue***
Ayako did indeed stay within Korsova to aid Sebastion in lessons of Diplomacy and subtle intimidation. Although Sebastion lacked thew ability to drop ichor from his face, he was tutored in innuendo and implication. Ayako for her part began to pick up skills in reading moods and gestures so she could incorporate them into her lessons.
After a time, Ayako bid farewell to her companions, at least for a time, and took her leave to travel to the Cinderlands. The Maidens of the Moon and their ways stirred something within her and she took up residence with them at the Temple of the Moon, eventually shedding her old faith and finding new inspiration with Desna, Song of the Spheres.
**Mushu's Epilogue**
Faithful Mushu stayed by Ayako's side while she remained in Korsova but knew that he had a gran destiny awaiting him. With a generous donation from Ayako, Mushu was enchanted to understand and even speak a number of languages, even though it seemed he was still just oinking. With these tools to aid him, he became a leader of livestock and the House Drakes, eventually establishing himself as a figure of power in Old Korsova under the guise of 'Pig King'. People who visited never focused on the simple pig hidden amongst those that wandered about, instead speaking to a human mouthpiece. The one thing that was most notable about Old Korsova when The Pig King appeared was that Blood Pig was never played again.
Tyrandro enjoys being a regular guest with the king for a while and tries to get back into his old life. But it doesn't fit any more, and the roles he is offered, he doesn't like. Entering a job in the Chelish Empire doesn't match well with his wish to get away from Asmodeus.
So finally he accompanies Ayako to the Lyrune-Quah. That there are a lot of archers is nice for talking about bows and such. But sleeping all day and going for hunts at night one needs to get used to. But the worst about those followes of Desna is their insufferable lack of respect for rules and laws. Tyrandro can for sure do without the evil of the Prince of Darkness, but this chaotic tribe is too much for him.
So he tells Ayako and the Moon Tribe good bye and moves on to meet with the Sklar-Quah again. He will always stand out as the one who wears clothes, that actually cover the body, and for having hair. But the teachings of Sarenrae fit his changed priorities for life much better and the rough edges of his tribe are more likable than the sucking up and backstabbing he knows from his original family. So the life of a shoanti warrior is what he chooses for the forseeable future.
Tunstall is happy to be in Korvosa, because at the king's table there is a lot of food and good food.
Leaving for the wilderness again is also fine with him. Sleeping all day and hunting at night is his natural cycle anyway. And with regular hunting there is regular food.
Without the ambitions Mushu has, Tunstall finds his place in the Sun Clan too, where he lies around in the shadows most of the time and plays some with the kids.
Iolana stays with Sebastian in Korvosa. She doesn't know much about living outside a city. She makes sure that as an adviser to him he doesn't forget the minorities of the city, and those who just want for themselves at the expense of others. She becomes a powerful woman in her own right.
Her former in-laws found themselves out of lucrative contracts, and their status falls. Not enough to keep them out of the city's elite but enough that they feel the lack of power every day.
She goes through her life watching Seb's back, and keeping the court on their toes.
Sebastian is a good and just king. After a few years he finds his feet as the king, and meets a lovely young noblewoman from a good house. He proceeds to cement his legacy with several children.
There are several assassination attempts during his reign, but somehow the "Pig King" gets word to him and manages to help thwart them.
*OINK!*