Since he had been kicked out of Swiftcurrent Creek, he had made sure he stayed well away from their borders. He constantly traveled to his new territory and went about Teekon Wilds recruiting wolves for his new pack. Soon, he knew, the land he was currently standing on would become claimed land. Dipping his muzzle into the flowing river, he drank his fill before continuing on his way to the middle of the territory.

It was midday now and he had been following the flow of the river, mostly traveling through the long green grass but he had also entered a few small woodlands filled with spruces, firs and pines. Mice snuffled from underneath the leaf mould while squirrels scurried up tree trunks. When he left the woodland behind him, rabbits and hares greeted him, bounding about in the tall grassy plains. He continued walking and noticed, not quite far away, a herd. This place was full of prey, he had never been to a place with so much food.

Swiveling his ears, he found the flow of the river again and began walking beside it, it was not long before the river widened and ended in a large lake. A few ducks swam about on top, silver eyes scanned the depths and sure enough, it was teeming with fish. He decided to stop here for the day, he had fulfilled his goal for today, to find the center of the territory. This lake was the center of the territory.

He decided to settle down for the night, watching the sunset. He lay down on the soft grass, silver eyes gazing up at the darkening sky and at that moment, he saw the true beauty of this place. A ray of fiery light shone down upon the valley like a shaft of fire, the sky mixed with reds, oranges and even pinks. The shaft of light moved over the whole territory before vanishing entirely, washing the place with cool dusk. With that a name came into his mind, one that was in his native tongue, one that he hadn't used since he had left his natal pack but he felt it would be a good name.

As the sun began to set behind the horizon, his thoughts wandered. Hopefully Bazi wouldn't send wolves to follow him, he had made sure that this was faraway from Swiftcurrent Creek. It took even longer to go from Swiftcurrent Creek to this place than for it to go to Tuwawi and Njal's lands. Surely it was far enough.

He wasn't even a bit annoyed when a mysterious black wolf arrived in his territory, or soon-to-be territory. Silver gaze scanned over him, strong, bulky. He reminded him of Scimitar except this male had jet black fur and sapphire blue eyes and he seemed to be one of the outgoing wolves. A good candidate for one of his pack members. "Hello, My name is Farkas. This place is beautiful is it not?"

He sat up, "Farkas huh?" he said with a tilt of his head, a faint smile on his face. "Yes, my home is beautiful and soon it would not be alone. Soon it would be teeming with wolves." that was how he explained he was going to start a pack, with a weird choice of words. But if this wolf was intelligent, he would understand.

The sky was slowly darkening, the breeze blowing over them. Tonight would be comfortable, lying on the soft grass and although he missed his den back at the Creek, he knew dens could be made again and looked forward to be with Paarthurnax.

Farkas grinned brightly, "Really? You're going to start a pack here?" He nodded, a faint smile gracing his face. "Thats awesome! I mean, this place is epicly beautiful. I can't believe you found this place to start your pack." He shrugged, a smirk finding its way onto his face. He had noticed the confused look that arrived on the dark wolf's face when he first spoke but it seemed that he figured it out and that was better than most wolves who wouldn't get it even if he gave them a billion years.

"Yep, it was a matter of luck that I found this place." he grinned. "Why'd you ask, you wanna join?" he knew that Farkas probably did wanna join but he was asking just in case. He needed to know what skills he had to offer to the pack.

"Yes, I wish to join, if you'll have me." said Farkas, he caught hold of the excited yet nervous tone that was attached to his calm facade. He did not speak yet, instead waited to see if the dark wolf had anything to add and he did which was good. The sterling outrider didn't want to waste time just questioning him.

His gaze turned to look at the stars that glittered across the ink-black sky, washing the land with the cool night air. "I'm a brilliant fighter, an aspiring warden, I can also hunt rabbits and fish although I'm a pretty bad fisher. I'm usually better with bigger prey such as deers and stages. Also I'm a great strategist and I will offer you all I have if you accept me." He gazed at the potential member for a long moment again as he bowed his head respectfully.

The rolling green hills had turned dark but it was still beautiful, even under the darkness that the night gave. "Will you pledge yourself to me? Come to me at my call? Will you protect your packmates and my family with your life?" he asked, he felt as if he had been repeating the same thing over and over again.

"Yes, I, Farkas Stormfire pledge myself to you. I shall come to you when you call and I will protect my packmates and your family with my life." Farkas said, confidence in his voice. "Does that mean you accept me?" the male whispered softly, not meeting his gaze. The sterling outrider thought for a moment before nodding slowly, a smirk breaking through his mask, onto his face.

"Yes, welcome, Farkas to Noctisardor Bypass. Or welcome to these lands that will soon become Noctisardor Bypass. My name is Shadow," he said pleasantly, bumping his shoulder against the dark male in a friendly manner.

"Thank you Shadow." Farkas murmured. The sterling outrider smiled as his newest recruit licked the bottom of his chin. "I promise I will defend Noctisardor Bypass even at the cost of my life," Shadow nodded approvingly, "Good," he said to the dark male. "Thank you for offering me a home at last, I promise I will work hard, you will not regret letting me join your pack."

He had another new member and soon there would be enough to start his pack, start his own packs on these beautiful lands that the gods had blessed him with. He might fully believe in Jupiter or Mars or Vesta or any of the roman gods but sometimes he thanked them, being brought up in their culture he hadn't been able to truly get rid of his ways and to be honest, he was glad for that.

"Come on, I'll take you on a tour around the Bypass." he spoke to Farkas and rose to his paws.