History

It was Caiome, due to an incident with a certain male, that decided to rebuild the estate with the help of her sisters or by herself if they wished no part. She found out that the people of Westfall were starving and the O'Brians had workable soil still so the need was greater than a painful confrontation or old memories. It turned out her sisters would help as they could, taking turns in seeing it done. Once they got the fields going, they would have a manor build to replace the old. Instead of leaving the estate in ruins as a morbid memorial they would rebuild it as a Tribute to her parents, friends, workers and the small guard force her parents had that perished that day. Caio approached the caretakers, Liam and Winnie Barrett, who were up in age but their son Joe remained with his wife Marie and children in helping to keep the loyal tradition to the O'Brian family. Their crops had once been plentiful and would become such again. She gave Liam a retainer enough to hire workers and equipment, oxen and ploughs to work the lands. Enough to buy the seeds needed for a variety of crops, from vegetables to cotton. It would take time but they figured the lands would start producing in the next few months.

The Apple Orchard was the only thing that remained intact for it was near the carekeepers cottage. Liam and family kept them up, pruned and cultivated. There was already barrels full of apples. Pies were being made to sell at the market as well cider. These helped to sustain the Barrett family through the years.

So the furrowing of the fields and planting began. Twenty acres in all to start leaving the hundred and eighty to gradually be worked. They figured on the beginning of September they would have their first crops. Due to an incident of a small gang of thugs, which Concessa addressed to make sure they would no longer bother them, the materials for building a wall around the estate was granted by officials in Stormwind for the contract gained in exchange for food supplies. They would have more than needed as time moved forward. Caiome's friends had helped tremendously in having all this come about once Caio told them of her plans.

One dark night when the air was as still as death, Concessa came upon a small gang of thugs. They had beset a few workers, roughing them up while taking anything valuable they had on their person. They were hoping to find funds supporting what seemed to be a renovation of this section of Westfall. They discovered they were on what had been the O'Brian estate and so started the process of a ransom or two of the three they held would find their deaths this night. They were going to send off one to approach one of the O'Brian ladies, feeling they would be an easy mark. Three ladies without men, the lewd remarks began. It was at this point that a bright light flashed and once their eyes adjusted, there stood the Golden Girl in all her fury of might and right. She glowed as well the sword she wielded taking down four of the five and leaving one to warn anyone else of their ilk that this would be their fate if they came this way again. The workers, who had been skittish working unprotected lands, gained heart knowing this lady warrior would be there to help. More was needed so Cessa briefed her sister Caio that they needed a wall built for she was only one person and there was a lot of land to cover. Guards were hired as well and small stations would be built at strategic points.

Misha mostly avoided cities, exploring every forest valley and mountain she could find instead. She eluded danger whenever she could but facing it when she could not. She had been affectionately nicknamed Rabbit by her sisters for how she first brought home a nest of abandoned bunnies when only five years old. She saved the four that surely would not have survived otherwise. From there it was all kinds of creatures, birds, squirrels to even larger varieties, some that were uncertain exactly what they were. One such special creature was a ghost bear's cub. It had been trapped in a hunter's snare that she got to first and whisked it away. He became her dedicated protector and companion, growing big and strong over the years. She named him Celestial for the night's sky she found him under. Over time she ended up with many creatures that became dedicated to her, gradually becoming a beast master. She had that kind of love for woodland creatures and they loved and protected her.

Her sister Caiome approached her and Cessa about restoring the estate. A topic all of them had avoided since that fatal day. At first she balked but when she found out they could feed the starving people in Westfall, she quickly agreed with her sisters. So the three pooled their money, of which they had quite a bit, and set this project into motion. It was something productive that would have her emerging from the forests she loved to venture into the cities at times. As Caio got the equipment and hands needed, Misha set to her mysterious ways of cleansing all the negativity from each corner of their estate. North, South, East and West now had Wards especially after the Thugs attacked. She set her animals to guard, the birds in the sky to the beasts on the earth. She also took a sample of earth, cleansing it before adding it back that all would be enriched to bring about a good crop, one without disease or dwarfed. It would rain over the fields in this secluded area far from the main of Westfall when it rained no where else. No one saw the o'natural nymph of the forest in dance under the stars and a full moon to ensure this.

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