What should I do?

The band had finished setting up their temporary homes in Auster's groves and Alastor was busying himself setting up patrols around the area. He'd heard that Manea and Saracyn had chased off a bear from the campsite when they'd arrived and he fully intended on making sure no more predators came about while they were living here. Whilst scouring the northern edges of the grove, the sound of approaching paws caused fluffy ears to flick back and his head to swivel around to spot the latest addition to the band approaching him. It was the blue-furred pup with blazing red eyes, one of the two brothers Manea had brought into their fold. Alastor's characteristic smile split his maw in a toothy grin while the pup approached and stopped.

"Hello, little fellow!" greeted the giant of a wolf, finishing the approach that the pup had stopped. The little guy must have been shy. When the lad greeted him as "sir", Alastor immediately held up a paw to stop him in his tracks. "Oh no no no no, there's no need to call me 'sir'. My name is Alastor! And what can I call you, my little blue friend?" The wolf introduced himself as Chade, then asked how he could help the band. "Well, you're in luck, Chade! I'm just running a patrol and you're welcome to join me. We've had some bear issues around here and I'd like to make sure none of those fat monsters come sniffing around again." Alastor gestured with his head for Chade to follow him as he resumed his path around the edge of the grove, sniffing for any signs of threats near the band.

While they walked, Alastor suddenly got a whiff of a familiar type of scent. It was bear by nature, for sure, but he couldn't pinpoint it exactly. It would require a bit of tracking to find, and with a young pup in tow, the Mendacium patriarch was hesitant to go off on a bear hunt if the boy wasn't a prepared fighter. "Feel like chasing off a bear with me?" he asked Chade with a wicked grin. "Wanna be the band hero for the day?"

"Alastor Mendacium"