Verdant Basin pure gold

For @Aklark!

They had collected quite the following already, it seemed. The duo had been joined by two other tall, beastly wolves, a slim-figured female, as well as a wayward child. Anuniaq had been around them enough to become acquainted and familiar with their names, however that was the extent. He disregarded their presence mostly, in favour of scouting out the lands that he had once called home. He had never been this far southwest when he was a cub, though, and took the time to familiarise himself with the territory here.

Breaking from the small group, the boy headed towards a lake that had begun to freeze at the edges, the grass surrounding it frost-ridden. The afternoon sun set the entire area in a cool shade of blue while the sky turned into a canvas of pale pinks and purples. Not that Anuniaq really paid attention to that. Instead, he ungracefully tested the frigid waters, dunking a foreleg in before leaning forward and lapping at the waters. It was freezing, however it was nothing a tartok wolf could not handle.