"Yes I suppose you did here something" came a bemused voice from the shadows "and that sound you just heard was the sound of a crossbow being cocked at your ugly dwarven friend here"
The surprised dwarf spun around with a disgruntled look on his face, only to stop short as he saw the small double winged crossbow pointed right at his stomach.
A grinning face rose above it showing an impressive array of fangs on display, and the mans bright blue eyes twinkled in amusement at the sight of the spluttering dwarf. Thick locks of pure grey hair fell down on either side of his face, spread out like a shroud upon his shoulders. His lean muscles along his arms and legs were covered by pitch black leather, overtop a thin mail shirt lay on his chest, the metal dulled and blackened so as not to reflect any light. And draped around his shoulders was a cloak to match the hue of his hair, long and thick. Other than the small crossbow the strange man seemed to be unarmed, without even a simple dagger sheathed at his side.
"I would advise you not to move there old chap" said the man "Belly wounds can be very messy if the bolt enters wrong, and I wouldnt want anything to happen to yourself now that we have only just been aquainted"
"Who the hell do you think you are??" shrieked the dwarf, his shaking legs belying his fear.
"I believe I am the one who is aiming a crossbow bolt at that overgrown gut of yours." stated the man, with a raised eyebrow.
"Well that much is obvious," said the robed magess "But what is your purpose here?"
"Ah straight to the point," smiled the man "now that's more like it!"
Laying the crossbow down on the ground before him, the man went to sit down and as he did so swept a long sheathed sword from behind his back. The coarse wolf fur composing the sheath belied the fact that a obviously arcane blade lay behind it. The man stared up at the group standing around him.
"My name is Azurian Greymane and I am of the Wolfguard," he began "I am on a search.......
......and thats why I am to travel with you. The circle has turned and once again must the Wolfguard leave the sanctuary of the temple and travel abroad to find our purpose. I believe the wolf totem has led to you here for a purpose and I will stay until it is reveiled to me."
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"I was born of darkness. My fathers eyes closed before mine opened. I am not of this world or the other, and I have the right to be what I am..."
Overlord of all that I behold and anything that i happen to not notice either.
Founding Hamlet of the HADB.