P: even if they knew about The Croaking, they would never speak of it. Why would they mention something that could disrupt their social standing? Ally them with the corvids – the lowest of the low. It’s within their best interest to keep their mouths shut. And many of them were born on the Island, with no glimpse of anywhere else. The most they would remember would be a battle, then life continue as usual. My family was among the corvids who had emigrated to the Island before the war, and i was hatched here. It was only after the war that the hierarchy was firmly put in place, and we were treated as worse than filth, dissenter sympathisers. Even though my parents had moved us here on the promise of a better life. With the world destroyed, we had nowhere else to go. We all formed Murders because there’s strength in numbers, and it’s a natural thing to seek comfort in those who understand, but as our situation grew more dire there was more in-fighting. More hatred for ourselves, and our circumstances that we had no control over.