The air is heavy as you make your way through unknown territory, as you pause to sniff the air a drop of rain falls onto your nose. It is soon followed by another and another and soon the rain is pelting down in sheets, soaking you to the bone. The clouds are an angry purple and the menacing drumming of thunder rolls over the sky. Squinting your eyes against the blinding water you find yourself at the edge of a large, dark pine forest. You are too desperate for shelter to notice the scents that mark the border and plunge in, and nearly into the chilly stream that runs through the territory. You veer away and as you are shaking the water out of your fur you notice a large pair of icy blue shards gazing at you. The storm has passed now and beams of sunlight filter through the thick canopy of pines, illuminating a massive male wolf not three feet away from where you stand.
His pelt looks like a bad patchwork job of black and white and beneath them you see large, hard bands of steely muscle and you know this is a warrior for his torso is marred with many battle scars. His banner curls over his back and his lips are drawn, exposing sharp ivory daggers. When he speaks his voice is deep and dominant, like the thunder you so recently heard.
"Wolf, you have found yourself in the terra of the Andere Seite Pack. I am Eclipse, king of this land."
It is only then that you notice another pair of lanterns gleaming in the penumbra and a dark-pelted fae slinks out into the clearing to stand next to the king, her own banner waves and her green and blue eyes bore into you. She is the same size as most males and a crisscrossing pattern of scars show that she too can take care of herself. Her voice is cold and has a snake-like sound to it yet you can see they are both fair rulers.
"And I am Nephthys, queen of Andere. We don’t care much for strangers so you must make your choice, Submit to us now or flee our lands and never return. If you fail to do either you will have little time left to regret it."
The formidable pair pierces you with their gaze and you feel as if all your secrets spill out before them. You are left with a decision now. Will you submit and take refuge in this dark forest or will you flee and never know what secrets these trees hide? Make haste, you can see that the pair grow tired of waiting.
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Posted on August 1, 2014 at 06:04:55 PM by Zev
The effects of telling a part of his story had been useless, as the baron could only have guessed. As in the moment of silence that followed his speech, a howl resigned from the depths of Andere. It was eerie and insane and beautiful. And at the same time, dangerous. It was a calling, to all of those in reach of listening, newcomer or not. His blue gaze fell upon the ebony and ivory brute in front of him. But it didn’t last long, as he saw a flicker of white move from the peripheral of his vision, and he turned his head. Athene had begun to walk forward into the formidable face of the pine forest, looking back only slightly to cast the glance of Zev. It was magical and heartwarming, and the titan appreciated it. Taking another look to the wolf that had greeted them, his giant paws traced the steps of his beloved, out into the territory masking the heart of a pack. If there even was one. The trees cast shadows throughout the realm, bleeding inward toward the middle of this forgotten sanctuary. Pathways of opaque embroidered lace traced the leaves as barely a sliver of light found itself crawling through needles of pine. To Zev, pine reminded him of mint; they almost seemed one and the same. The little bit of light opened up to fleshy blades of grass, interlacing figures designed to dance with the wind as it did with them. Color and dirt and spired logs seemed to spiral into a pearl of a ceiling, glinting in and out and bending the light fixtures as not to scare them. As not to scare the creatures that lay inside. The hulking demon locked onto what lay ahead, as the scent of pine as well as the scent broke into a small clearing, which a wolf sat inside. She was white and elegant, but also unwieldy and tangible in her own right. His love was already placed safely under her gaze. And with a tilt of the brute’s axles, the lingering taste of her words seemed all too familiar. And they were. She was finished with her speech as the tall giant sized up next to her, his claws fingering the ground as if trying to reknit the soil. With time, perhaps they would. “As my mate has said, I am Zev. I come bearing loyalty and strength, all of which I understand must be earned. And that is all I wish to do for now. We will show you what we mean in being strong and connected and pure. A home is what we ask for, and also to be apart of a family.” OOC- Don’t know if you noticed, but for some reason, I am feeling very poetic today. |
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