Istredd glances back to see the flowers Nanaue brought and despite his usual overly serious personality, he smiles faintly. He looks around them as the move into the woods, ready with protection spells if they need it, and turns his attention to Claude. The Luna guards with them also tense up, although this is their land so they're prepared, they're just getting ready.
"Much the same. We did manage to identify a decent amount of bodies, in part thanks to arcana symbols they kept." Istredd found a few talismans and pins on the bodies. It didn't necessarily mean anything, there were a lot of Empresses after all, but they were able to correspond missing people with missing arcanas and locations. Thorne cares a little bit more about the arcana than the Free Cities, for example.
He jumps a little at the cracking noise and they stop the wagon. The Luna guards take a look and say they could push on, but it runs a risk. Istredd shakes his head. "We don't want this to crack open if the wagon crashes, I think we should repair it." He glances to Claude for agreement but it seems like the best idea for all of them.
One of the Lunae is in the midst of doing just that when they can hear the sound of a woman crying at a distance. Istredd's head whips that way but then there's more than one. He and the Lunae exchange a sharp look. "Don't be fooled, the Ceknias hunt like this." They nod at him, clearly agreeing with much longer experience.
In the dark, they'll see bright eyes shine. Seven different pairs, all staring at them, surrounding the group. Istredd has a sword but it's not his instinctive reaction, it's magic. He puts a protective shield around the wagon and the bodies atop it, following it up with a light spell that hovers in the air and shows the pack of Ceknias closing in on them.
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"Much the same. We did manage to identify a decent amount of bodies, in part thanks to arcana symbols they kept." Istredd found a few talismans and pins on the bodies. It didn't necessarily mean anything, there were a lot of Empresses after all, but they were able to correspond missing people with missing arcanas and locations. Thorne cares a little bit more about the arcana than the Free Cities, for example.
He jumps a little at the cracking noise and they stop the wagon. The Luna guards take a look and say they could push on, but it runs a risk. Istredd shakes his head. "We don't want this to crack open if the wagon crashes, I think we should repair it." He glances to Claude for agreement but it seems like the best idea for all of them.
One of the Lunae is in the midst of doing just that when they can hear the sound of a woman crying at a distance. Istredd's head whips that way but then there's more than one. He and the Lunae exchange a sharp look. "Don't be fooled, the Ceknias hunt like this." They nod at him, clearly agreeing with much longer experience.
In the dark, they'll see bright eyes shine. Seven different pairs, all staring at them, surrounding the group. Istredd has a sword but it's not his instinctive reaction, it's magic. He puts a protective shield around the wagon and the bodies atop it, following it up with a light spell that hovers in the air and shows the pack of Ceknias closing in on them.
"They hunt to kill, be careful!"