Ratwarden: I really like the idea of Ratwarden and Blackbird working together to hunt down an escaped monster or something! And they could have some adventures together in the wildly overgrown bits of the city. I think Blackbird will appreciate Ratwarden's eminently practical nature, and its environmental skills and magic.<br/><br/>Aramil: She certainly appreciates having another elf to talk to, especially one as old as Aramil. She has a lot of respect for her elders. She is also very keen on learning about history from him. She does have a tendency to "correct" him when her tribe's oral record contradicts his books. On that note, though, it is entirely possible that he may have visited the Craftspire tribe to learn from their elders, in his search for lore from before the closing of the dome. None of the original elven refugees are still alive today, but the last, Blackbird's grandmother Osprey, only died eighty years ago.<br/><br/>Vyx: How about: Blackbird worked alongside Vyx (in one of her alternate identities, male or female) for some kind of adventure or mission, and they became intimate, and then that person just... stopped existing? That could be interesting. I'm sure they're still friends, and can even fool around quite happily, but there is that weird tension there, especially since it means that Vyx knows much more about Blackbird than vice versa. What sort of stuff did Vyx get up to in Arcanz? Who, if anyone, did she work for?<br/><br/>Sandari: I'm not sure if Blackbird and Sandari know each other from before the voyage, but she certainly has a lot of respect and praise for his skills and knowledge.<br/><br/>Rini: The interesting thing here is that the Cookpot Cartel and the Craftspire tribe fulfill similar purposes: A home and a protective society for people who don't fit in so well due to race or other concerns. As such, they could be staunch allies one year and deadly enemies the next, probably based on how much food there is to go around. There may have been a food shipment that the Cartel owned and the tribe tried to steal, or maybe they were both trying to steal it from a third party. Even if they did fight, I doubt either of them was fighting to kill. And Blackbird has this annoying tendency to ignore grudges, and not understand why other people have them, because the Cartel and the tribe were totally allies a hundred years ago! Who cares about recent events?