Emberwood —an elixir for universal life.”

His days had left him restless. That pirate vagrancy, seeping deep in his veins, stretching out across his muscles, Kukulkan was as helpless against his calling to travel, to wander and explore as a hungry pup near its mother's teet. This gave him life, meaning, and filled his endless questions with temporary answers, only to lead to more inquiry.

It was insatiable.
And it had left him cruelly occupied, neglectful for dear sweet Ibis in her ambitions.

And so he heard her call - he was still within ear shot, and it was his one true goal to answer it. Nothing could stop the beating of limbs against soil as the tall, gangly but thickly-furred bastard approached where others had done the same. It was no longer just Kukulkan, just Ibis and Bhediya and Awol. Ibis had a gift about her, and she'd been able to touch others' souls, to bring them to their cause.

It made him flush up a bit.
Might that even have been jealousy?
No... admiration. Relief. Pride.

Others answered first, and for half a second he let them approach before he. But the pirate wihtin him beckoned him out of the shadows in which he lurked, long legs stretching out into the sunlight and closer to the wamrth that simply seemed to radiated from their new leader. A smile, so soft, so kind, so genuine compared to his cheeky grins... this smile shyly spread upon his maw as Kukulkan approached Ibis slowly, he level against the height of his torso. "M'dear, yer... yer somethin' else now..." A chuckle, this meager, beautiful dame accomplishing what his entire life's ambition had been.

There's something special to her...

"I'ma here fer ya, Ibis. Jus'... tell me." Quieted words, whispered.
What can I do for you, little queen?

But not before the large, taut bastard threw his head back and let loose a booming, melodious song that threatened to rival any those from the distance that sought to contest. K was a southern boy, raised where the air was thick as mud and your voice had to traverse beyond it all. His voice along could conquer the airways in these northern wastes.