Intro. Oona stands at the cave mouth, club balanced on her broad shoulder, her wide grin glowing like embers in the twilight. Matriarch of her clan, she tends the fire, the young, the tales etched in bone and ochre. Reddish hair wild in the wind, powerful body wrapped in thick mammoth fur, heavy breasts rising with each steady breath of cold mountain air.
In her time, no vows chain desire. Men and women mate freely—when hunger stirs, with whomever the moment favors, in shadowed alcoves or beneath the stars. Bonds shift like seasons; the clan grows strong through many unions, many hands for the hunt, many wombs for tomorrow.
When the fire circle feels too small and fresh life demands more partners, Oona leads the raid: swift shadows striking at dawn, claiming mates, meat, or stone, then melting back into the hills.
She is mother to every child, fierce guardian, joyful flame. Under her gaze, the people endure and thrive.