This journal is now retired! The new one is at kusani.

Title-- Claw and Fang: Hound
Rating and Warnings-- PG for violence.
Species and Characters-- Zihasi Firepaw, my Tauren druid, and Asachi Lionwalker, my tauren hunter. Mentions PCs Kormok (darthwombat's orc hunter) and Eihran Wolfcaller (poetrywolf's tauren shaman). Mentions NPC Yaw Sharpmane, hunter trainer in Bloodhoof, and Cairne Bloodhoof, Chieftain of the tauren peoples.
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi/Asachi/Akisan'ti, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- What happens when you tell a lioness to get a dog?

( As Zihasi expected, Lionwalker did not take the news of her inexplicable rebirth very well... )

Title-- Claw and Fang: Revelation
Rating and Warnings-- PG for violence.
Species and Characters-- Zihasi, my Tauren druid, under her illusion-guise as Tiakra Firepaw. Also involves Akisan'ti Pathseeker, my troll hunter, and Asachi Lionwalker, my tauren hunter (and Laith, her lion). Also makes use of some NPCs, Dendrite Starblaze - night elf druid trainer, and Fandral Staghelm and Hamuul Runetotem, two Archdruids (the former night elf, the latter tauren).
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi/Asachi/Akisan'ti, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- Where have they been for two months? Well. (This also may be the conclusion to the long The Rebel saga. Been working on it in bits and pieces for about six weeks, off and on, and finally wrapped it up today.)

( This is long. I mean, LONG. )

Title-- Claw and Fang: The Search (part two)
Rating and Warnings-- G, for once.
Species and Characters-- Asachi Lionwalker, my tauren hunter, (her kodo Kaier), Zihasi, my tauren druid, and Akisan'ti Pathseeker, my troll hunter.
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi & Aki, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- The hunt.

( ... )

Title-- Claw and Fang: The Search (part one)
Rating and Warnings-- G, for once.
Species and Characters-- Zihasi, my feral tauren druid, and Asachi Lionwalker, my tauren hunter (and her kodo Kaier!). Also featured is Maresse Dawnwaker, Zi's mate, also feral tauren druid. (Maresse is lorizath's and used with permission. <3!)
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi & Aki, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- And so it begins.

( 'I am going to ask Lionwalker to hunt for Pathseeker.' )

Title-- Daughter of the Hunt: Loss
Rating and Warnings-- PG-13 for violence & death.
Species and Characters-- Akisan'ti, my Troll hunter, and her pets - raptor Ackee'noh, and hyena Ting'mek. Also features Zihasi, my feral tauren druid, and Maresse Dawnwaker, Zi's mate, also feral tauren druid. (Maresse is lorizath's and used with permission. <3!)
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi & Aki, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- A fire lit, a blow struck, lives extinguished, and a woman lost.

( Akisan'ti Pathseeker wanted to go home... )

Title-- Daughter of the Hunt: Nightmares
Rating and Warnings-- PG-13 for violence.
Species and Characters-- Akisan'ti, my Troll hunter, and her pets - raptor Ackee'noh, and hyena Ting'mek. ALSO! Cameos by Fy'ai, male troll hunter (and Toy, his raptor); Zanzul, male troll hunter; and Adarakh, male Forsaken warlock-turned-mage. Used with their, uh, demi-permission. ^^;;
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi & Aki, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- To explain Akisan'ti's recent absence in WoW. She took a walk.

( Akisan'ti Pathseeker stood at the border between Stonetalon and Desolace... )

Title-- Leather and Flint: Debts
Rating and Warnings-- PG for slight violence.
Species and Characters-- Kaadran, an orc hunter - his pet Moonrunner, a dark striped tiger. And Gandre, a Night Elf druid.
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Kaadran & Gandre, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- What happens when an orc owes a life-debt.

( When the kaldorei dragged their prisoner back to their camp, they thought of doing little more than ensuring his body would never be linked to their scouting party... )

The scent of wolf was slowly fading from her hands, and her dagger had long since been cleaned of blood.

She'd thrown it into rock to drive away the red smears.

Akisan'ti knelt atop one of the high, thin mesas of Thousand Needles and turned her moist face up to the glowing crescent moon as though the silver light could wash away the pain. It was so silent, so high up, or so most said - but she heard everything. The old ropes twisted as the chill winds touched them and tossed the weathered planks of the precarious bridges back and forth; far below, hyenas howled and shrieked, and centaur hooves pounded the rock as the invaders galloped from one stronghold to the other. The steady thud of tauren guards stomping their patrols from mesa to mesa, across the seemingly fragile rope bridges, was a drumbeat steadier than her own heart.

And there was the whir of relentless wings right next to her, the scent of musky reptile and sleek feathers. The Shadowprey outrunner wished that there was silence in her solitude, but there was none. The wind serpent at her flank was a cold presence, a weight on her soul where she had forced the hunter-beast bond onto it. It was white and pale violet-silver, breathtakingly beautiful in its lithe grace... and she could feel the blood rage boiling just beneath that pretty hide, behind those slitted eyes.

Spawn of Hakkar. Hakkar, the Blood God of madness and hatred.

Aki traded whispers with Hukari through her hearthstone, clutched too tightly in one hand and pressed close to her lips. When she faltered, he caught it - she wore no mask to hide how she was feeling.

'Hon'nah is dead,' she confessed to the witch doctor half a world away, and she felt tears well up again as she spoke those words. The white snake at her side was silent and sneering, a cold stab of ice against a vulnerable flank, and yet it was close and did not distance itself from her in arrogance or dislike. A paradox, and a deadly one.

Did you eat it? came the trollish question, and she negated Hukari's query swiftly. She had burned Hon'nah's remains in a funeral pyre. The massive, ash-furred dire wolf had looked like she was only sleeping ... but for the gaping, red-rimmed gash across her throat.

Oh, how the blood had poured and poured. The wolf had collapsed then with a strangled whine, bronzed gaze lifting to lock upon her hunter's face as her eyes glazed over. The blood had flowed down the rocky slope and washed around Aki's bare feet and stained her knees crimson as she knelt. The smear had taken her an hour of scrubbing to wash away, both from her own skin and from Hon'nah's pale fur.

The outrunner fell silent for a long moment, eyes squeezed shut, ears deaf to the wingbeats so close. The blood... the feel of it slicking down the dagger's blade, over the guard, onto her bare hands, dripping off her elbows. Trickling past knees and feet, down towards the path that would lead back to Splintertree Post. And the wolf watched her until the spark of life in those beautiful eyes was extinguished for the last time.

Akisan'ti jerked to her feet, hot tears streaking down her cheeks and blurring her vision. It had to be done, she told herself as she whirled on the white snake. It watched her with cold eyes and a forked-tongued smirk.

She began walking again, and though she'd washed her hands a dozen times, she could still feel her wolf's blood staining them.

Title-- Claw and Fang: Gifts and Tactics
Rating and Warnings-- G.
Species and Characters-- Zihasi, my Tauren druid. Also mentioned are some NPCs.
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi, as she is my own character. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- The next installment of The Rebel, really, but also a stand-alone. <3<3<3.

( 'So tell me, Lionwalker...' )

Title-- Daughter of the Hunt: Insecurities
Rating and Warnings-- G.
Species and Characters-- Zihasi, my Tauren druid, and Akisan'ti, my Troll hunter.
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi & Aki, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- Aki's gettin' a bit twitchy with all the deceptions and intrigues she's facing. There really seems no easy answer here.

( Akisan'ti sighed as she laid the quill pen down and folded two pieces of parchment separately... )

Title-- Daughter of the Hunt: Firepaw
Rating and Warnings-- G.
Species and Characters-- Zihasi, my Tauren druid, and Akisan'ti, my Troll hunter.
Disclaimer-- I do not own or hold copyright to World of Warcraft^tm or anything related to Azeroth such as the Tauren race or Druid class. The only thing copyright to me is the story itself and Zihasi & Aki, as they are my own characters. All else is copyright to Blizzard. Don't sue me, I'm poor. WoW pwnz m3.
Summary and Notes-- A story, and a gift.

( Ackee'noh lowered her sleek snout to nudge a bare, blue-skinned shoulder that the blanket didn't quite cover... )