[hr][hr][center][b]Jared // Thael[/b] [color=598527][sub][b]LOCALE[/b] // The City of Thorinn [b]TIME[/b] // Morning[/sub][/color][/center][hr][hr] Thael had just located Elian amidst the chaos of the lawn when he was suddenly accosted by a flaming snake. The creature began nipping at his ankles, emitting a string of angry hisses as it did so. Thael looked down at the serpent, bemused. It twirled around him in a hypnotic display of light, before he reached down and delicately grabbed it in one armoured gauntlet. The snake hissed again, and Thael frowned at it plaintively. “What did I ever do to you smol pupper?” An opulently dressed brunette came cursing after the snake. Thael offered it back to her gingerly. “I your dog has autism,” he said with a grin. The weird fella with the baseball hat was a lot taller up close than she expected. She almost feared for Teddy's fate and was about to blast the wall of armour with some dragon fire but he handed her buddy back to her. The joke that accompanied Teddy confused her, then confused her a bit more then after about thirty seconds she cackled. [color=red]"Now that you say that, he's been hissing at me all day and he's really burning up! Maybe he has a fever? Elian! Teddy has a fever!"[/color] Usually moaning in the general direction of a healer resulted in something. Thael laughed loudly and turned his attention back to the assembled group. There was a small collection of players with Elian, some of whom Thael recognized. Hawkwood and Ebon, as fellow Tyhriens, were not close friends but certainly familiar faces. Welcome ones at that. Hybridized builds had become increasingly useful as Pariah grew. The game didn’t really have onerous DPS checks, but bosses did deal loads of damage so anyone who could contribute to healing was always welcome. Indeed, even Thael and his traditionalist ways had conceded the usefulness of adding a few healing and damage skills to his roster. Besides Elian, Ebon, and Hawkwood, there was a blonde man in a leather coat was unfamiliar to Thael. “Good morning scrubs and scrubettes,” he called out with a big smile. “Are we ready to get moving, get pwning, and most importantly, GIT GUD? For those that do not know, I am Thael, and I will be using my hella strongth and toight aggro to tunk for you today.