Why did Scowling Tiger wait more than fifteen years to unite the bandits? Unquestioned sovereign of the Tiger Fortress until his assassination in 9318, the bandit general was the most popular, successful and famous of all bandits in the empty northern lands. Yet, not until the Arrow Twins were born in 9303 did Scowling Tiger seek to unite his fellow bandits. Was it a measure of his conviction that Flying Arrow would die without an heir? Why, even in the face of Flowering Pine"s pregnancy, did he cling to the expectation of a volatile interregnum? How many other people held fast to this belief?—The Fall of the Swords, by Keeping Track.
The Fall of the SwordsOn the morning of the earthquake, three strangers visited the caves of Leaping Elk.
The first to arrive was Icy Wind, bathed and groo
