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[color=fdc68a][h2]Olipher "The Heartseeker" Blightbreak[/h2][/color][/center]

Olipher and his crew had successfully secured a position amongst the crew being rounded up for a long walk to a faraway village. Their mission was to fend off some beasts or demons, possibly both, and secure the area along with its citizens. Leading the march was one Malakus Firebelly. The elf clinging to his leg was the same one from the bar who had purchased an expensive bottle on Ollys own dime.. without a thanks of any kind. 

Not that he minded. 

His own position had been by necessity. Large hunting groups needed scouts, trackers, trappers. People who could see the enemy and report it back to the main host before any harm could be done. In these situations he was more for hunting down wild game and other such tasks. 
It was during one such task that Olipher had detached himself from the bulk of the group, leaving Aleph to play with the others as Olly made his way into the surrounding forests. 
Following him was his 'apprentice' so to say. Shiraga was young, talented, and needed help once upon a time with her Fura magic training. A happy accident had crossed their paths on the street during a performance, to which Olipher had enjoyed. 
The rest was a blur. Training, practice, performances, escort missions. The years had flown by.. 

The two of them had been tracking a stag before it had scampered off into the forest. A rare miss on his part had put his arrow in the animals neck but had not been fatal. Rather, the beast was running in fear now. The two of them had been following every sign they could find to hunt it down.
Footprints in soft dirt, snapped brances or trampled grass. A steady trail of dried blood..
Wouldn't be long before they caught up to it again. 

Olipher couldn't hide his anxiety as they trailed further and further away from the main host. Backtracking would be a nightmare but their pace was slow. Rather, it was how far into the dense forest they had gone. 
Indeed they were in for a shock.
Finally arriving in a large clearing, the scene was disturbing. Wolgram corpses, the Elk he had presumably shot earlier.. 

"Scorch marks..?"

Olipher dropped to one knee to look at the corpses. Olipher and Shiraga had camped for part of the night, so it made sense for other predators to have found the bleeding animal before they had.. but something else had killed these things.

"Shira, can you check the others?" He spoke without looking at her. Instead takin in the scene. A decapitated beast, half eaten elk.. fire. Sword cuts..
"What the hell happened here.." 

Looking to the dirt for answers, the pair made slow progress forward. Both on guard. Human footprints, more beast tracks.. 

"On my cue.." 

Moving aside a stray bush, they both saw the cave entrance. All tracks led to it. Just as Olipher was about to fire he saw her. From the cave mouth... a dragon hybrid?

"What in the-" distracted in thought, the finger holding the string released the nothed arrow but the shot was off, skipping a few feet next to the dragon girl as she gave her.. tail.. a bit of a shake.

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