Ghoulish
11-11-2017, 08:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2017, 08:27 PM by Malleus.)
With slow, deliberate steps Malleus made his way towards the north. The informal meeting his father had recently called them all to had gotten him thinking. He'd come away with a stronger resolve and a new purpose. The titan would leave his mark on these lands. He would find a mother for his first brood of children, train them up right and unleash them on Auster, but before that, he had other obligations. It wasn't just his name that he would spread, but the family's. The idea that his father's name had been conjuring up blank stares ate at him. It was time to change that. He was headed north in the hopes of sussing out suitable targets. Packs, loners, lands. Everything. They would leave their mark here; blazing a trail from Auster to Boreas. It wouldn't be long before the name Abraxas struck fear into the hearts of the mortals once again.
A guttural growl froze the titan in his tracks. The sound was coming from somewhere up above, either on a nearby outcropping or one of the smaller boulders that jutted out of the uneven terrain. While he tried to pinpoint the source Malleus crouched down in the hopes of dropping out of the creature's line of sight.
For a moment Malleus was still as he mulled over his next move. He didn't know if he could go back the way he'd come. The way the growl had echoed led him to believe that the creature and he had either been traveling in the same direction or their paths had recently - it wasn't following him, was it? - crossed. But could he go forward? The creature was somewhere up above; it wouldn't be wise to guess at what kind of vantage point it had.
A sound around the corner caused his veins to fill with ice. Had the creature dropped down from its perch? He needed to know. Cautiously Malleus slunk forward to peek around the outcropping. What he saw almost caused him to sigh in relief. There was a wolf pressed up against the rocks much in the same way he was. Clearly the man was facing the same dilemma. "Psst," he breathed, the sound almost too soft for his own ears. Unwilling to make more noise, Malleus waited to see if the stranger had heard him.
A guttural growl froze the titan in his tracks. The sound was coming from somewhere up above, either on a nearby outcropping or one of the smaller boulders that jutted out of the uneven terrain. While he tried to pinpoint the source Malleus crouched down in the hopes of dropping out of the creature's line of sight.
For a moment Malleus was still as he mulled over his next move. He didn't know if he could go back the way he'd come. The way the growl had echoed led him to believe that the creature and he had either been traveling in the same direction or their paths had recently - it wasn't following him, was it? - crossed. But could he go forward? The creature was somewhere up above; it wouldn't be wise to guess at what kind of vantage point it had.
A sound around the corner caused his veins to fill with ice. Had the creature dropped down from its perch? He needed to know. Cautiously Malleus slunk forward to peek around the outcropping. What he saw almost caused him to sigh in relief. There was a wolf pressed up against the rocks much in the same way he was. Clearly the man was facing the same dilemma. "Psst," he breathed, the sound almost too soft for his own ears. Unwilling to make more noise, Malleus waited to see if the stranger had heard him.
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