By River We Come to Spirit You Away

Nayati Utina · 08-18-2011, 01:06 PM

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Jaeger is the NPC Guardian Nayati is pewing down, just fyi! Also feel free to have any other Guardians, played and NPCs alike, get hit by one of Nayati's arrows if you wish Smile 300+

Now we sound the drums of war!

The first howl rattled the refugee from his sleep and he did not have to guess at the cause of the warning. Nayati had feared this would happen from the moment he had stepped foot with his family onto Crimson Dreams' soil. It had been too much to hope that Maska would just let them be. He could not guess at the motive behind why the Councilman wanted them and would send raiders in the night to retrieve them, but he knew what the ramifications of this night would be. This had been foolish of Maska, the first serious misstep since he had come here. He was attacking the Dreamer's lands before even having a formal audience with Anu and the other leader. This was an act of hostility and war, and after tonight, he was certain that the Dreamers would give him just that in return.

In the dark he grabbed for his quiver and longbow. He whispered to his family to stay put while he climbed the unsteady wooden stairs that wound up around the inside of the windmill they sought refuge in. It was slow going and he had to be very careful, for much of the wood was rotten and not able to hold his weight, but finally he made it to an opening near the uppermost part of the structure and carefully crawled outside and made his way to the roof of the large old mill. Once he found steady footing on the roof his pale eyes looked down on the skirmish taking place below him. It was hard to make out who the individuals were, but it was easy to tell the Dreamers from the AniWayans since all of the tribesmen were obviously Guardians. The Utina felt relief in his heart at that, for he would not be aiming at any of his old friends from back home. These wolves were no kith or kin of his, and he had no feelings of hesitance or regret as he nocked an arrow and pulled the bowstring back past his eye. The Dreamers had taken in him and his family, and he would help them defend their home.

He saw a dark halfing wolf engaging with who he thought was the man who had subdued him in the Town Hall. The Dreamer was attacking him with all of her focus and did not seem to notice the other Guadrian who snuck up on her from her back and right. Nayati took careful aim and let his arrow soar down into the night fight. His aim had been good and true, as the arrow hit home in the man's throat and he soon dropped down to the ground, never to rise again. The hunter pulled more arrows from his quiver and fired them down into the fray. With an archer they could not see firing down at them, hopefully the Guardians would think better of this mission.

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