Story so far
When Nadine's new blood-and-ink elemental changes into chee form, a smaller child chee peers from behind her skirt. Holger recognizes the hairy child as Clint before their transformations.
Signet explains that this is Nadine's memory of Clint, carried into the tattoo because she loved him so strongly. Holger tells the image that Clint is safe with Nadine here and wherever else they may be.
Appearance
A small hairy child chee peeking from behind Nadine's long skirt in animated ink.
Role
Clint's unexpected memorial gives the surviving were-castors a symbolic chance to say goodbye.
Relationships
Nadine — Her love and memories carry his child likeness into the elemental.
Holger — Holger recognizes and bids farewell to the image.
Signet — His remembered likeness lives on her skin.
Sources — 8 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 13
- A level-50 were-kin Light Recon Specialist, one of six tiny scarred warriors allied with Signet against a common enemy.
Chapter 14
- Small, wary were-castor warrior riding with Signet's band, insisting they leave the river before the confederates emerge.
Chapter 16
- Bald, one-legged were-castor scout who fights with a mace, a mouthful of teeth, and a bottomless grudge about hair.
Chapter 21
- A stocky ursine man remade into a lisping, webbed-handed beaver, banging on the door with bad news.
Chapter 22
- A poison-immune were-beaver guard who tracks the artillery pattern and extinguishes the captured elf with his tail.
Chapter 25
- The bush-elf scout explains the failed lightning ambush and helps clear Fort Freedom's trapped approach.
Chapter 28
- Clint is confirmed dead after being torn apart during the Fort Freedom assault.
Chapter 29
- A child likeness of Clint appears inside Nadine's memorial despite the loss of his body.