In the Valley of the Ravens

Additional Prompt:  The woman with brown skin and native american features, facing the viewer, strides forward determinedly, with a lilt to her steps and a swing in her hips, lifting her spear with each step and placing it firmly on the ground. Her costume of feathers, leather and fabric shimmers, ripples and swings with every step. The other person, facing away from the camera, is a slightly darker skinned Native American man, clean shaven, whose hand she is holding at the beginning of the video, although after a moment she releases it. He moves away from the viewer and her, but more slowly and in a deliberate, measured way, with precise steps. After three steps he pauses and turns around. She stops at the same time and turns around, raising her spear above her head, not threateningly, but turned sideways in a salute. Seeing this, the man raises both his hands towards her, palms up, and in a puff of rainbow colored smoke turns into a raven. He flies up to join the ravens that have been circling above, and they all fly away away from the viewer as the woman watches. The valley setting is desolate and lonely. The birds circle above with slow, heavy beats of their wings. A slight breeze ruffles the feathers of the couple’s headdresses. The distant clouds churn and roil as if in distress. The mist rises in the mountain. The mood is magical and mysterious.