Bearclaw Valley goldclaw

[large]it was this largess that merrick saw burgeoning before him. if tuur was not compelled to his proper place, perhaps the heavy strength that revui had given to the boy might be used against them. but the bear had spoken; it had taken evien and in his place ursus had been granted this unsure boy.
a snaking plan, gathering thought in his mind.
"here you have the makings to be what you want, tuur. whatever your birth. the bear chooses." the remaining eye glittered now, with a fervency that had not abated since merrick had first come to the true ways. "they see all."