Shinead Sidhe, the protagonist of future epic poems and paintings, the role model in potential legendary legends wasn''t having a good time.


    The time, when she had a good time (that is, making accidents happen to Humans and curs) should have long arrived, but she was still in the presence of that depraved band of perverts, and haven''t even seen a glimpse of Guillermo''s followers. She wondered, what they were doing. With so many Humans in one place, there was probably a lot of constant fornicating going on! The whole band in a chaotic tangle of limbs…? Were the curs participating? Of course, they were! They were part Human, after all!


    Her own band of perverts was surprisingly restrained. Before entering the Valley, Shinead always left them to their own devices for the night, just to be sure, she wasn''t drawn into their unspeakable and very easily imaginable doings. In the Valley, it wasn''t possible anymore, Shinead had to prepare herself for watching the perverts being depraved or even being drawn into the orgy.


    But nothing much happened. The Little Sister and the Vampire were clingy, with the Vampire sometimes looking at her and winking, but the Traveller and the reptile were suspiciously low-key! But they couldn''t fool the provisional Clan Leader of a temporary, but still proper Red Elf Clan! It was just done to make her unprepared for the time, the perversion really started. It was a well-planned plot! A conspiracy!


    Luckily, Shinead was a highly trained operative, and was able the see through the plan easily!


    Were they thinking she was stupid, a Pervert, Na?ve or Oblivious? One look at her Character Parchment, and they would know, she had an Intelligence of 14 and no such Perk! She checked, just to be sure. Or did they believe that hoax about the reputation system?! Even if there was such a system – which there wasn’t, only conspiracy theorists believed in it, it was like Arkadia being flat, there being gods, magic just being highly evolved technology or the sea levels were rising – surely Shinead would have noticed, she was more friendly towards those perverts. Which she definitely wasn’t.


    She had to be vigilant all the time!


    The magical compass she was able to get her hands on was a tricky piece of equipment. It was not – as she made the others believe – tracking Guillermo, but his (or was it hers? She didn''t really understand) ultimate goal in the Valley. In order to track that cur, she would have needed blood or other bodily fluids, but obviously, she could not secure a sample – if she had his blood, he would already be dead, and there would be no need to track him. As for other fluids… If she would be able to get into his bed, he would beg for being bound and lashed, and he would be dead after Shinead had her fun with him… ehmmm… after she tortured him appropriately.


    The ultimate goal was easier to accomplish with the application of the appropriate magic. What that magic was, she didn''t understand, she was a scout and accident-causing specialist, after all, not some magic user.


    She found out, that the cur''s band knew a spell that allowed them to fix the fabric of chaotic space in the Valley, but that meant, they had to travel in real space. Her compass informed her what direction they needed to go to reach the ultimate goal the fastest, by taking advantage precisely of the said chaotic space. Choosing the correct path to reach the goal in the fastest possible way was what the trinket did.


    Nonetheless, it took time to reach the goal. Actually, it was quite quick, but Shinead failed to understand, the precursor ruins were the goal, and she, with a bunch of perverts in tow, wasted a lot of time and precious resources to arrive at the ruins again and again.


    The worst was that she was forced to feed the Vampire blood. Even the idea, that priceless pure Elven blood was going to such a vile creature was repulsive. It was probably a scheme to bring her into the harem too. What were they thinking?! A proud, proper Elf feeding some common leech? The Vampire should have just gone scavenging for rats and drunk them instead, it was the best she deserved! She had similar blood bags with a Human, a cur, and a reptile, why should she get pure Elven blood?!?


    Of course, they tried with obvious lies, like they needed the Vampire’s battle prowess, and they could not leave her to wither away and she was their “friend” and “ally”.


    Shinead naturally objected.


    The Vampire''s battle prowess they did not need, they needed that of the over-leveled scorpionlizard. The Vampire in herself was just another room-temperature body to throw at their enemies to soak up damage, the real heavy hitter was her mount. Since they did not need her overly much, of course, they could leave her to wither away. If the others thought, they needed her that much, they could feed it themselves, or find some rats to drink. She wasn''t an Elf, after all.


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    She had to simply laugh at the notion, that the Vampire was her "friend". Even the Little Sister was stupid (or brainwashed) enough to forget one of the meanings for "friend": a dupe you can take advantage of by feigning emotional attachment and discarding them when convenient. The Little Sister was supposed to have a Forestean upbringing, and she still forgot the most basic tenet?!? "Ally" was just a synonym for "friend", so dupes ready to be discarded. And again, she was just a Vampire, not an Elf, so Shinead felt no compulsion to help her out.


    Despite her logical and sensible argumentation, the perverts could not understand her reasoning. Well, they weren''t pure-blooded proper Elves, so what did she expect?


    Finally, they managed to press-gang her into being a walking blood bag for the disgusting creature. She was given the choice of participating in the feeding or the others would leave her to her own devices. Of course, those spineless cowards weren''t brave enough to say it out loud, but the meaning was clear: if the Vampire doesn''t get enough blood to have a chance to fight effectively, the perverts would be forced to abort the mission and try to get back out of the Valley.


    Those idiots!


    Getting out of the Valley would mean further fighting and they would die either way!


    However, if they aborted the mission, Shinead would be on her own, and lose the only chance to avenge her Clan! And uncover the conspiracy against Elvenkind! No epic poems and paintings, no exquisite statues, no legendary legends! She would be just a nameless failure.


    So she relented.


    But revenge would be hers! She would take her time in punishing those insolent perverts! They will watch each other die slowly and painfully!


    When she finally realized, the precursor ruins were their final destination (and the useless hanger-ons had enough of aimlessly wandering the Valley), they were basically out of potions and similar items. Shinead hid a few, and suspected, the others had some left too, but those were the absolute emergency reserve. No one would admit, they had any left, or would ask others for their non-existent stuff.


    Save for that idiotic Traveller.


    Obviously, he used every last potion he had, even on the reptile, and was now expecting the others to share their emergency reserve. Of course, no one admitted to having any left.


    Shinead suspected they haven''t prepared correctly for a long expedition. It was the fault of the stingy Traveller, though. He still had money, he could have equipped the expedition better. But nooooo, he was just complaining and whining. Again.


    Interestingly, just when they decided to stay at the ruins, Guillermo''s band also arrived. It was timed like in a bad novel, convenient enough so the protagonist didn''t need to sit idle for an undetermined time. But it was reality, not bad fiction, dreamed up by some bored office worker in another universe. That would be just ridiculous! Sometimes, the reality was just convenient.


    Not that it was important, but Guillermo lost a good part of his band too; what was left was only double the number of Shinead''s "party". More enemies meant more glory and a higher chance that the undesirables were removed from the rosters. Without Shinead doing anything. It was perfect! Revenge, glory, and epic poems, all in one!


    That is until that insufferable Little Sister ruined everything.


    Instead of being a good little cop and dispatching criminals, no matter what – exactly what she was known for! – or a good little minion and killing criminals – what she agreed to do for the Clan, more or less – she took the side of said criminals! Of course, no surprise there, Guillermo was a cur, and so were his minions. Curs stuck together; they were like the Humans they descended from, conspiring against their betters.


    She even tried to invoke her rights as a Little Sister to roll over Shinead! She only forgot, that outside of the Domain, an active revenge plot of a Clan trumped the jurisdiction of the Little Sisters! Ha! Shinead was in the right, and could now make an accident happen to her legally, even if she survived the upcoming battle! There was a silver lining in everything!


    That is until the disgusting Traveller showed his true colors and jumped her in the middle of the discussion! Obviously, he wanted to do some pre-battle fornication! That was low even for a Human! Shinead hasn''t heard about Arkadian Humans doing such a thing. All the warnings against Travellers were fully justified!


    She would apply all those techniques, she was fantasying about… ehmm… planning for the last few months, and even more! As far as Shinead was concerned, the blood debt expired long ago, since she saved him from accidents every other minute since they left Willowflower. The argumentation was valid – she checked with the KGB and NKVD previously – even if those accidents would have been caused by herself.


    Her indignation and fantasies were cut short by that traitor of Little Sister putting her to sleep.


    *An undetermined time later.*


    Shinead Sidhe, Eternal Avenger was finally having a good time. NOW she had the means for an act of exhaustive revenge. She would kill every last participant in the attack on her Clan or in the conspiracy that lead her into the Valley, everyone who belittled her or gave her offense. Accidents were going to happen!


    And she will start with that perverted Traveller and his harem of miscreants.