Rise and rise again.

Northstar Vale was not a land he had visited before, nor was it within his knowledge the feud that had once exited between a pack that had lived here and Swiftcurrent Creek -- those days were before him, to a time when his allegiance might have even laid with Neverwinter Forest and the exotic Chakra.

The beauty of his former leader had at one point affected him greatly - had had even recalled a nonchalant conversation with his old friend Luka about it.. of course, she had turned out to be like the majority of females and friends in his life and had simply departed without word. It had been a gamble, but the agouti male had attempted to trail after her to no avail and it had become quite clear she had not wanted to be found.. Spare for the bits of fur and blood he had come across. By the time of his return, Luka, Viinturuth, and countless others that had sworn their loyalty to the forest had long abandoned it -- he couldn't blame them. Why stay when even the Alpha would not?

His strides were lengthy in his exploration, and in his thoughts, he had not bothered to glance up the the sky.. else he might have seen the warning as the rain suddenly shattered upon the earth. Drenched within moments, the agouti male loped quicker now, ducking in to a myriad of trees and seeking shelter from the rain as it deflected from the leaves instead.

Whether it was the nostalgia that had surged in him, or a simple trick of the mind, a familiar scent drifted to him then, causing him to stiffen in turn as his aqua eyes gouged the surrounding area.. as if tantalizing him, the shadow of a dark wolf came to view then too.