The Tangle ilaktuk

Maybe @Njord or someone else from Sapphique?

They made good time at first.

Kigipigak enjoyed hiking the snow alongside @Sakhmet and was lost to the joy of it, as he had been during Moonglow's travel to the glacier in the first place. Following the coast was the easy part, but then they tried to cross the ravine and found much of the older paths choked with snow.

It made things tricky. To head north now, towards the tanglewood, meant facing the strong north winds as they billowed fresh clouds and heavier snows towards them. If they went for the mountains, they would have to find a wholly new path and it would be dangerous in other ways. Steep cliffs, hidden pits full of ice - things Kigipigak would rather avoid.

They made camp on the edge of the tangle after some deliberation. Kigipigak did not want to go deep within the woodland in case the pair got separated, and then vowed to find something edible for them to share. This was how he ended up on the edge of Dragoncrest, unaware that it was inhabited until his hunting path crossed with a frozen yellow mark.

He withdrew quietly, with some expediency, although it cost him a lively young buck, who went racing off across the invisible claim line. With a huff Kigipigak began to concoct a new plan of action to keep himself and his lady fed.