[color=8dc73f][center][h1]Freyr[/h1][/center][/color]

It was not only the order... All humans were like that... Even if it wasn't all humans, even if good humans still existed, it was getting more and more rare... They abandoned the purity of the forest, of the earth that they were born into and got corrupted... Greed, violence... They were all the same... That conversation only made Freyr feel even more distant from humans. The truth was that even if he was, and somehow, still is curious about the humans, the second he resolved to leave the forest, the moment he entered a city... He felt a bit... distant... Like if he didn't belong there. Everything was different, the values, what they considered important... customs...

[color=FF5353]"[b]A-Are you alright? Your hands are bleeding...a-and you seemed really mad back there."[/b][/color] a voice surprised him, making him turn his head towards Magnus, interrupting his own thoughts.

[color=8dc73f]"Y-yes, Magnus... I am."[/color] Freyr said, with a long sigh after looking to his hands and seeing the decent wounds that his claws opened on his hands.

[color=8dc73f]"It's just... Nevermind. It's not something you should be worried with. Humans and Vieras have a... long story. We tolerate humans, but we never liked them. I was different... I thought that the humans weren't all bad but... I think I was wrong. Every day, it gets harder and harder to find pure, innocent humans, that have not been corrupted..."[/color] He said, pressing his hands against each other, to staunch the bleeding.

Just after he said that, another two new additions arrived. Neil and Haley. Probably they were also preoccupied with him. After everything that he said... Certainly it should have been surprising to see someone as quiet as Freyr to say all that....

"You really let it out back there, didn't you Freyr?" Neil said, proceeding to say that it wasn't good to keep feeling concealed. The boy's words brought a slight smile to Freyr's face.

The thing that Haley said about wanting to join the guild surprised Freyr. He had mixed feelings about that. He was happy, but at the same time, worried about Marxello and if Haley decided to let him perform that corrupting spell on her.

But even after Haley said all that and flew away, Neil's words still brought a smile to his face.

Freyr gently stroked the boy's head, looking at him with a discreet smile on his face.
[color=8dc73f]"Don't worry, Neil... It won't get out of control."[/color] He said, looking at the boy with a kind and warm smile.
[color=8dc73f]"It's comforting to be reminded that there are still some pure and kind humans..."[/color] He continued.

After a brief while, he realized that he was stroking the boy's head and the wound on his hand wasn't completely staunched, making quickly him pull back his hand.
[color=8dc73f]"I'm... sorry for that. The blood on my hands, I mean..."[/color] He said, pressing his hands against each other again.

[color=9B1436]"Upbringing and beliefs are not what defines a person,"[/color] An unfamiliar voice said, approaching them. It was Eilidh, a centauress that had just entered the guild.

Her words were true, but the issue was much deeper than that. Humans were greedy by nature. They lived to take from others, even from their own. No honor, no nothing... They only knew how to take things and corrupt them to their own liking. They killed the earth without even thinking twice...

[color=8dc73f]"Centaurs are very honorable warriors. They respect others, respect the earth. Humans on the other hand... I know that there are still good and pure humans, after all, it was exactly because of this thought that I decided to leave the forest, but its getting harder and harder to find those... Humans are greedy, dishonorable and evil. Few are the ones that can resist the corruption that they preach."[/color] Freyr said, with a sad tone to his voice.

[color=8dc73f]"Thank you for your concern. All of you, Neil, Eilidh, Magnus... I'm sorry for my outburst, but I simply couldn't keep quiet after hearing all that."
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[color=8dc73f]"I promise I would never resort to violence without a very good reason. Just like Haley said though, I will fight back if he ever tries to force that spell on any one of us, demi humans."[/color] Freyr said, with a very serious tone.

[color=8dc73f]"Vieras never had a good relationship with humans. We're simply too different. Our values, our customs... We tolerated humans, but we never liked them. I got out of the forest because I felt curious about them. I felt like they surely couldn't be as bad as the stories said. But sometimes I wonder if I'm really right... Humans walk a path that lead only to destruction. Not only theirs, but to everyone else as well..."[/color] he said, with a worried tone.

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After a good bath, having taken care of his hands and a good night of sleep, Freyr was feeling a bit better. Thoughts about the things that happened the other day and Marxello still lingered on his mind, but he decided to try his best to not think about that.

The requests for that day weren't that interesting for Freyr. Conflicts caused by humans, resulting only on unnecessary deaths, something about clothes (which Freyr himself didn't wear that much...), a mysterious request about a shrine and a request to entertain the dwarves. He wasn't interested in any of those, saving for one...

'Grass Roots'. The request was about a local apothecary testing a new anaesthetic called 'Huwana'. Freyr was very knowledgeable about herbs, so that surely was something that he could be useful for.

But there was one thing that Bart said that caught Freyr by surprise... He said that they were low on supplies, and asked how much they have earned the other day...
Last day's mission was... a prank. They got absolutely nothing for it, saving for their wounded pride, of course...

[color=8dc73f]"I... We didn't get anything, Bart. Last day's mission was a prank pulled by a certain mischievous little sylph..."[/color] He said, searching for Celes with his eyes.

[color=8dc73f]"I know some things about herbs and poisons... I think I'll choose the one about the apothecary. I'm sure that I will be able to help."[/color] He said, trying to make up for the last day's mission.

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[color=C6DEFF][center][h1]Bast Ragoczy[/h1][/center][/color]

After a good time walking, they saw a camp on the horizon. Immediately upon seeing its banner, the boy said, running towards the camp even before Bast could say anything.

"[color=fff79a]That banner! I know that banner! It's of Lord Araghast's![/color]" The boy said, before going towards the camp.

Right on the entrance, they met a group of well armored warriors. Their armor certainly wasn't anything like those of a crusader or a holy knight, instead a dark thing certainly designed to inspire fear.

[color=C6DEFF][I]"This will be interesting..."[/I][/color] Bast thought to himself as the warriors asked what business they had there. Absalom was too busy, sweeping the camp with his eyes, searching for his target, so Bast would have to take care of the talking.

[color=C6DEFF]"We're here to talk with Lord Araghast. We have some... rather personal matters to discuss with him regarding Boreal Port... Right, Absalom?"[/color] Bast asked, with a treacherous smile on his face.

[color=C6DEFF]"Surely its something he will be interested in knowing. A message from someone from that village, entitled specifically for him. We've came here to deliver it."[/color] Bast said, opening his arms, still with his unsettling smile.

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