<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u"></span></strong></span></span></div><br/><div align="center">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mystical-journey/images/1/19/Black_swap_palace.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20181209190809)</div><br/>A procession of lamps wound their way through the trees of the Veilwood. Though elves needed little more than moonlight to see, the beacons served to ward away many of the more vicious nocturnal denizens of the Veil. High Priestess Lyanna led the way, her gauzy robe denoting her station as a servant of Arasi, Goddess of Desire. Four knights in burnished mithral served as escort, ever vigilant for danger. And then there was the Acolyte, Naivara.<br/><br/>The travellers halted in a clearing with a wide marble dais, inlaid with a stylized Orchid, the symbol of Arasi. Lyanna led her student to the centre of the dais, and looked out into the forest beyond.<br/><br/>"There is a shrine, sacred to Arasi, within these woods. Its magic balances the natural order of this forest, regulating the mating seasons of all creatures in the woods," the Priestess said. Her gaze seemed fixed somewhere beyond the trees. "Of late, that balance has been disrupted - vicious predators have begun breeding in numbers far too large for the forest to sustain." She turned to Naivara. "I have selected you to restore this balance. You must find the shrine, and reconsecrate it with an act of passion. This is your final test - complete it, and we shall initiate you as a full priestess of our order."