Fighting and adventure—two of my favorite things!

With so many children and so much responsibility Chimera was spread pretty thin. However, when any of his children took the initiative to ask if he would spend time with them, the king put all of his business aside to do so. Today, he was taking his sweet daughter out for a bit of fighting and adventure. Ruse was terribly perfect and Chimera loved her so. He could never deny her requests, especially when it came to learning how to protect herself. He knew how rough and dangerous the world was. His little adventurer wouldn't be content to stay on the island forever, so if she could learn to fight, he would feel better about it.

Seeing the happiness on his daughters half masked face brought a grin to Chimera's own split features. He would take her wherever she wanted to go just to see the look of joyous wonder on Rusalka's face. The pair moved through the forest of bones. It was obvious that many large creatures had died here ages ago. Believing that large beasts had one roamed the land wasn't a far stretch. There were obviously dire wolves. He'd seen the massive dires from across the icy bridge. Huge creatures were quite believable, especially when there was such solid proof in their remains.

"Chimera & Rusalka"