King Elk Forest Beautiful Beginnings

Mato, despite his varying difference from his father, was not brought up to be cruel. The druid does not agree with many nuances of ‘traditional’ packs: everything in Tindómë was meant to encourage trades, meant to encourage passion and drive; the hierarchy was meant to be a design of each wolf’s own making. They would climb as high as they desired to: the sky was the limit and all that. Tindómë was largely about self motivation and designed to weed out those that could not motivate themselves to contribute …and perhaps, Mato thinks, that is inherently cruel. Surely, to not be charitable is and always will be cruel. Perhaps that means the empyrean is not as altruistic as he would like to believe himself. Still, he thinks that having a strict set of pack laws does not necessarily make him a tyrant. Matteo speaks of his abilities: able hunter, powerful digger and den builder …and capable fighter — though it does not escape the ( selectively ) perceptive empyrean’s attention that it’s spoken tersely with a taunt expression to accompany it. “Which path you trade path you chose to elevate you through the ranks is solely your own choice,” Mato begins. “no one will make you do anything you do not wish to. Every trade is valued in Tindómë. You do not have to decide right away but ultimately you should begin working towards a trade soon.” It is true that there exists a grey rank that is a safety net for the undecided but he is tentative to give it, to use it because it remains at the very bottom of the hierarchy with no chance to climb unless a trade is earned. “Welcome to Tindómë, Matteo. You should know we co-exist with a large elk we call King Elk. He and his cow are not to be bothered or hunted. It was his forest long before it was ours and we honor and respect his claim and his willingness to co-inhabit with us.” The druid speaks the warning, taking in Matteo with a critical eye once more before he offers the pale male a welcoming dip of his head before he looks to Delight. “Delight, would you be so kind as to give Matteo a tour?” The druid inquires, figuring that he would want to as their newest member was his recruit.

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