Climbing rocks

The trek down from Insomnia takes some time but Enki is happy to be out exploring even if the dreary weather does its best to deter him. Clouds make a lattice work int the sky, overlapping until they form gray bellies that grumble silently with unvoiced thunder as they threaten to unleash their tears upon the world. It’s as if they cannot make their mind, sometimes drizzling lazily while other times unleashing a thick deluge that obscures the path before him. But he refuses to return home and, by the time he reaches the place known as Faller’s Fjord, they have returned to simply threatening the world below with rain.

Heat assaults his senses as he grows closes to Auster and while Spring is slowly returning to the lands of Boreas, it is evident that Summer is doing its best to flee the lands down south. Dark gray walls of rock break into cliffs and steep slopes, challenging even the best navigators to try and conquer this difficult terrain. Yet, even while the rocky land seems almost impossible to clamber down to the water that carves its way through the land, trees have found footholds in almost impossible places. Enki slowly and carefully finds a path down, studying the beauty and admiring the way that vegetation has found nooks to blossom from.

A cool wind tickles Enki, running its fingers through his pale fur and touching his wet nose with a gentle kiss. As he descends, a giant, black and blue form catches his attention and he stops for a moment to inspect the stranger. They have a sword strapped to their back but they do not seem to be here to pick a fight so the paler man gives a soft ‘woof’ to alert the other man to his presence. Moving closer to the stranger, he stops a respectful distance away and greets him, “Hey there. My name’s Enki and I was wondering if you have you ever been out here? This place is amazing.” A grin tugs at his lips as he speaks.


"Enki Klein"