Haunted Wood We ruled the world

And backup did indeed arrive shortly. He had called for her to patrol with him some time ago and yet when she'd arrived, the spider was gone, his trail cold. Concerned that something had happened (as had to so many of their members before him), Nanuk had set about tracking him down (and dragging him back if she had to). She could not shoulder the weight of another Kanik, outright refused to infact.

So it was when she heard the snarls and snaps of teeth that she simply knew he was there. Without a single thought more, the bear-woman rushed in to the fray, lunging from the shadows with a terrible snarl to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her comrade. Fur bristled menacingly, her head lowered and teeth bared in threat, her tongue flashing between her yellowed canines to show that she meant business when it came to protecting their own. She didn't need to know what this was about. He hadn't trespassed, so whatever it was, she would aid and defend him.

Vaguely, surprisingly, she recognized the scent of the dark woman they faced. She had follied before and neared the Spine's borders only to be met with violence then too, from herself and Tonravik. The struggle had been burned into her mind; one of her ankles would be an easy injury, as Nanuk had sought to crush it before. Now if she could only remember which one.