Geri carried Brone through the snowy banks as he ran as fast as he could, snow kicked up behind him, leaving a cloud of the white frozen water in his trail. Though cold and barren of much wildlife, Geri was use to this, for this was his original home, as for Brone, the mountains he called home gave him the sturdiness to handle such a terrain. The dwarf had fallen into thought, trying to think about how he would need to go about fighting this creature; he heeded Egra's words, though he had fought powerful creatures such as dimensional dragons, he should never let his guard down, but it was also what Huginn and Muninn told him during their recon. This creature was tall and lanky with horns, but stood on two feet like a humanoid, but looked powerful and looked like the embodiment of death; there were no creatures in the surrounding area, as if they all knew and feared whatever this being was to be anywhere close to it.
Yuurei and ran up beside Brone and Geri, the half-elf's own speed on foot rivaled that of a tempest wolf in it's own environment. He assumed of the ravens and questioned of his absence. Brone looked ahead, silent for a moment as he thought; he couldn't say a word of what is spoken to him by the ravens as part of the contract they had made with him; as his eyes peered slightly upward, ahead of him, the two ravens flew onward, he knew that those two were listening. To make sure he would never risk even accidently breaking the contract, he avoided any talk of the ravens all-together,
"The guild has been keeping watch of the north, though making sure that we always have a strong defense at home; we know how serious these times are, with the invaders causing trouble and -" he stopped himself, realizing the bit of information he was about to say was told to him by Huginn. Irritable, Brone gritted his teeth, still keeping his eyes on the path ahead while subconsciously grasping the black and red cloth that was tide to his left arm with his right hand. How difficult this contract was, Brone was reminded too often; he began to wonder if gaining two companions made him more isolated.
After some time of travel, dipping into snow covered groves, scurrying through clusters of frozen trees, and scaling hill-sides, the two ravens flew off ahead and into the sky, signaling to Brone that they were closing in, so he actively searched about him as Geri continued to run on. It wasn't until he heard several caws from his ravens that Brone pulled on Geri's reigns, turning his direction. Now the dwarf was tensed, he lowered his body closer to the furs on Geri, his left hand holding onto the reigns while his right hand grabbed the handle of his black axe Dhuraindarin.
Up ahead in a cluster of trees, Huginn and Muninn were perched high the high branches of a tree and right below them at the base of said tree, was the creature described to him; just viewing the tall, lanky thing was off-putting, looking as if it had starved to death, but still walked even though it had a skeletal head. Geri pulled to a stop, not only from fear of the wendigo, but because the area was too clustered with frozen trees, making it difficult for him to go further, though the wendigo didn't mind the terrain, for it was moving through the trees, it's lanky body made him flexible to get through.
- Wendigo:
Brone dismounted and sent Geri running off to safety as he pulled his black axe off his back, then drew Spellcleaver,
"Let's hit it hard and be done with it" the dwarf grunted as he ran through the snow. With his boots crunching against the snow, the wendigo heard the noise in the silent area and turned to face the hunters.
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