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43 Hours.....Halen had been stalking this beast for 43 Hours. The reward for this creature would be grand, but Halen wasn't doing it for the money, it was the challenge, he was absolutely obsessed. The very rare but very dangerous [url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/35/98/86/3598867a41cc7078973d4aa081539127.jpg]Canopy Dasher[/url] was a magical cat monster that was terrorising the haflings of the nearby woodland, Halen had taken the contract with great enthusiasm, looking to put his skills to the test, and his skills were indeed tested. Stalking, scouting, tracking, but staying just out of the beast's awareness, following it back to its den, waiting for the absolute right time to strike. The Canopy Dasher was extremely dangerous and could easily kill Halen if he didnt strike at its most vunerable. But the time for stalking was over, it was time to kill this creature.

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Halen messed up, he shot the creature right between the the shoulder blades with a custom made arrow, but he laced it with the wrong poison, the paralasys of the demon toad would not set in quick enough on a spellcasting mammal creature he should know better by now. The Canopy Dasher was running, but not at full speed, the injury was just enough to keep it at a pace where Halen could keep it in his sights, darting through the trees and firing off arrows. But the Canopy Dasher was not going to go down quietly, it was summoning mini lightning blasts at Halen as it was being chased, narrowly singing his flesh and blasting the branches of the trees. The entire forest was now awoken, something powerful was going to die, but would it be the Cheetah or the Half-Elf?


After 10 minutes of vicious and violent chasing,  the Canopy Chaser lead Halen to its home, the magical part of the forest, the part where no Halfling would dare enter, Halen was bloodied and slightly burned but couldnt have felt more alive, he was close, he was going to kill this unholy beast and drag its corpse back to the village for his reward. Just as the wily hunter was lining up his killer shot, the dying cat dashed into a magical archway in an open part of the forest. A very unnatural green light was emitting from it, but Halen's excitement clouded his better judgement and he ran straight towards it in pursuit. The screeching cry of the Canopy dasher was loud and painful, but it became something close to a laugh before everything went dark.....


Halen felt like he was knocked out for a few minuites and he sprung awake panting heavily with his hand still on his bow, but he was no longer in the forest, he was in a huge temple like hall, and surrounded by individuals who were standing and listening to a robed figure speak. It took Halen a moment to collect his thoughts before he realised he was standing with them and they were all very odd looking, clearly not from his realm, their auras were all very alien to him. After listening to pieces of what the robed figure was saying he caught the most interesting part. The warning of a realm crossing entity that was clearly malicious in nature. Halen looked behind him, and caught eyes with a what looked like a human although he had a full sized pair of wings on his back. And turned to what looked like a demon knight, clad in red armour and giving off a burning hot aura.

There were many others, clearly this robed figure was putting together some sort of small army, and Halen was here among them, looks like it was going to be a while before he could get back to his hunt so he pragmatically accepted the situation and spoke up.

[color=39b54a][i]This creature, do we know much about it? Its habitat? Its breeding grounds? Maybe its prey or combat style? Anything could be useful, I could start to put together a scouting plan...[/i][/color]