You decide that you would like to meet Nefandus. His path leads off to your left, and you follow it, wondering what sort of creature you'll come upon. The path leads past a few large rocks that seem to have something engraved on them, but you can't decipher it. It looks like nothing more than random scratches, but it seems they appear in a pattern.
Shrugging, you keep going, only to find that the path has ended. You turn around, confused, and see something you didn't see before. A little wyvern is inching around one of the rocks, muttering to himself and making the odd scratches with one sharp talon.
The babe glances up, and blinks wide red eyes in your direction. "...Hi?" he says questioningly. "Why are you staring at me again?"
"Oh!" you say, quickly averting your eyes to the carvings. "I'm exploring Dracogrex," you add, "and I thought I'd like to meet Nefandus. That's you?"
The young wyvern nods. "Well, hi," he replies. "That's me. Amaryllis got me from my grandma when she was exploring Skyhaven; I've been here ever since, writing." With that, the dragon seems to forget that you even exist, going back to muttering and scratching, scratching and muttering.
You can't help but be curious. "What are you doing?" you ask cautiously, watching the scraping of the rock's surface warily.
Nefandus turns around quickly, his eyes bright and eager. "May I tell you about my stories?" he asks eagerly, and you nod. He scrambles up onto the top of the rock, and begins to tell a tale.
"Once upon a time," he says with pride, "there was a small wyvern. This wyvern lived in the cliffs and canyons, and she grew to be big and strong by hunting and fighting the other male wyverns. She was respected and feared by her comrades, and her name was Rhi'Ganyra. She had a family, and little grandbabies were coming soon, when the humans came. And...well, that's as far as I've gotten, but grandma chases the humans away after they kill three of her four daughters, but she saves her grandbabies and cares for them. But she's getting old, of course, and she won't be able to care for us as long as she needs to. So, she looks for the good humans she heard existed, and she gives us to them, like I was given to Amaryllis."
"...Wow," you say. "Is that what's written on the stones?"
Nefandus nods happily. "It's not bad for a hatchling, eh?"
You nod in agreement. "Well, I'll leave you to it," you say. "I'll stop by sometime and read it!"
Nefandus nods. "Okay!" he calls, going back to writing, as you return to the signpost to keep exploring.
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| Name: Nefandus
Breed: Wyvern Color/Type: Black Gender: Male Age/Stage: Hatchling Adopted At: Skyhaven |
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