There's a new sheriff in town

The quartet all delivered their lightning fast attacks and the bear fell beneath them. It began trying to escape as much as it could, making it just over the edge of the border between the lake and the neighboring land. Well, they'd run the bear out of the land that Manea wanted to claim, but it wasn't going to make it much further. Leaving it alive would have been cruel after the damage done and Merrick knew what it felt like to have your guts hanging out. He didn't really care if the bear suffered or not, but he knew that Manea would care.

Claws and teeth did their work and, with Arcturus' weight on the back of the dying bear keeping it in place, its life was soon ended. Merrick grabbed one big paw and with the help of his packmates, pulled the bear onto its back so they could begin skinning it. Leaving a bearskin was a silly thing to do. He wouldn't process the skin, but he'd take it back so someone else could do it.

"Merrick Mendacium"