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long
life.
    Within a
Lindish generation, speech was common place amongst the rtaths the
length and breadth of the continent. The Lind adopted many Lai
words and some of their grammar and invented some of their own.
     
     
    * * * * *
     
     
    EPISODE 6 –
DAGAN
     
    LEAVE-TAKING
     
    Six hundred
xanus later …
    “Maru,” said
Belu to his brother, “it is time for us to go.”
    “Not yet,” Maru
replied, “they are not ready.”
    “The Lind are
as ready as they will ever be, it is time for them to determine
their own destiny.”
    Maru shook his
head, “not yet awhile. The attitude of the Lind Largei worries me.
He and his rtath are warlike and unpleasant in their attitude to
the others. He needs guidance still.”
    Belu shook his
head with regret, “have you forgotten our own history so soon
brother? Do you forget the Dglai?”
    “I do not and
remember Belu, they might still be out there, how can we protect
the Lind if we are hidden away in the west?”
    “We will think
of a way,” Belu promised, “but go now we must. The destiny of the
Lind is no longer our concern.”
    “Their destiny
will always be our concern,” said Malu, “and that is as it should
be. We shall watch over them still.”
    “We shall watch
but shall not interfere,” agreed Belu and left Maru to make his
arrangements for departure to the wooded mountains of the far
west.
     
     
    * * * * *
     
     
    The centuries
passed and the existence of the Lai passed into legend except for a
few, those whose ancestors had decided to share the exile with
their Lai friends. These Lind and their descendants remained with
the Lai on the other northern continent, keeping their secret and
waiting for the day when all could be revealed.
     
     
    * * * * *
     
     
    THE LIND -
THEIR PREQUEL
     
     
    * * * * *
     
     
    KOLYEI (AL-20
to AL0)
     
    Kolyei and Tara
Sullivan were the very first Lind and Human to make direct
inter-species contact and to become life and mind-bonded. Kolyei
erupts on to the stage in ‘Wolves and War’ as a fully-fledged adult
Lind but what of his upbringing? What was it like to be a Lind
before humankind arrived on their planet?
    This was one of
the first pieces the author wrote about Planet Wolf. It was the
story which fired her enthusiasm for all things wolfish.
    “ Talking
wolves? Whatever next?” exclaimed her husband when she told him
about what she was writing. “No-one will want to read about talking
wolves!” How wrong can anyone be?
     
    From ‘Tales of
Rybak’, Volume 1, Chapter 14
    Written by Tara
Sullivan-Crawford (born AL -12, died circa AL 55)
     
    Twenty summers
before mankind landed on our planet, deep within what would become
the land of Vadath, Kalya, life-mate of Sanvei, gave birth. Kolyei
was the third and middle member of the litter and the only
male.
    As the five
ltsctas (this is what our Lind friends call their children), eyes
closed and mewling, nestled into their dam, it was beyond Kalya and
Sanvei’s wildest imaginings as to how their lives would change
during the generation ahead.
    During their
first season the little ones tottered around the family daga under
the watchful eye of Kalya. Their father was often absent, he had
duties to perform that required frequent journeys away from the
domta, the home of rtath (pack) Alanasei.
    Within the
relative security of their pack-ranges the Lind raised their young
in a manner that had not changed for generations beyond count. They
could neither read nor write, but their ancient and varied oral
tradition was passed down to the ltsctas by their parents and later
by their teachers.
    From an early
age they were taught about what it meant to be a Lind. Kolyei was
also aware of the closeness of his siblings, the love of his mother
(and of his father when he was there) and of the peace and
contentment that came from being part of a loving family.
    But Pack
Alanasei was a warrior pack and charged with the patrol and initial
defence of the eastern coast of the lands of