Only going up from here

This was it, they were finally out and on the road as a real band! He had heard about Boreas some, but the only time he had been out of Auster was the brief trip to go to Ashen's festival with Indigo and the others. He didn't know how the northern continent would stack up to Auster, but he was still excited to be in a new place, seeing new things, and traveling with his purple-hued family. Nothing really compared to being with these wolves that he loved so much, even though he was at least a little sad to leave the castle and a couple of the wolves he had grown close to there behind. They would be back though, he was certain of it.

He ventured off from the group for a bit as they paused to rest, following the stream that ran through the dense forest to see if he could find any decent herbs to collect on their way through. The whole place seemed to be absolutely packed with thorns and briars and it made his progress slow as he carefully picked his way through to avoid them. At some point he swayed a little too close to a thorny bush as he was stepping over an equally thorny vine and it picked at his skin, scratching his shoulder. "Ow!" he muttered with a pout, stepping over to a small clearing to lick away the rivulets of blood peaking through his violet splattered fur along the front curve of his shoulder.

Segin Epsilon