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The gods of howl mountain5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Running liquor for his clan, Rory takes his job seriously. Nights are spent on the road with the purring of the Ford set as the sweetest of melodies. ![]() The mountain breeze runs through her veins as well as the moonshine that saturates its valley. ![]() Her dependence is solely upon the land, and her roots run as deep as any chestnut tree. The dirt of her land runs deep under her fingernails, and she can cure what ails anyone – if she so pleases to do so. A former prostitute who sold her body for practical means, she now makes her living as a healer or as some say, a shaman or witch. The woman who watches over the two young men has a steely eye and an even sassier mouth – Granny May Docherty, a bawdy firecracker of a female. The work is done lovingly and thoughtfully at the side of his old friend and expert mechanic each touch put upon the Ford a caress given as lovingly as though they were lovers. He spends his days tinkering on Maybelline, his precious retro-fitted Ford coupe. While the memories of Korea will haunt his nightmares forever the ghosts of friends lost and the faces of his enemies permeating the very air he breathes while both awake and asleep, Rory has been able to find a semblance of peace wrapped up in that mountain and the old, creaky home that resides there. Life after war has proven a tad unpredictable, but he’s been able to find solace in the whispers of the familiar mountain of his childhood. Making money as whiskey runner.Īnd perhaps, that dancing girl who makes hats. Rory Docherty cares for only a few things. ![]()
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