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[color=gold]Time:[/color] After midnight
[color=gold]Location:[/color]Forest near Sun Elf Kingdom
[color=gold]Interactions:[/color]none, yet
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In a small settlement on the southern edge of the River Fairy’s territory a hearty fire burned bright. A drunken Cade danced, poorly, and without inhibition as rather talented fairy sang and strummed a lute. His movements, while graceful when hunting, were enough to make several of the fae company giggle. This did not bother him now; for he had shed blood with some of them, and shared a feast with all of them. Earlier that day he had helped a group of fae warriors in a battle against a river troll who had been encroaching on their land. As a reward for his help they had invited him to feast and, after several bowls of a fine fish stew and many glasses of ale, they celebrate long into the night. Cade found the majority of fairies delightfully full of life and if anyone knew how to celebrate victor and another day of breath; it was the fae folk. So, for tonight, in the presence of those he now considered friends, his pride relaxed and he delighted in being a source of laughter. 

[color=gold]”Is my dance amusing?”[/color] He teased as he awkwardly twirled a nearby giggling female fairy. [color=gold]”True we catfolk lack the grace and skill for the arts your people possess but in battle no one out maneuvers a cat!”[/color] He boasted before leaping over the small fire and landing with a showy flourish. He bowed as several fae clapped in approval. 

Then, suddenly, the festivities halted as something in the air changed, and even a being unburdened with magic like himself could feel it. The ground shook with a force unlike anything he had ever felt knocking him too all fours and causing all the fur on his tail to stand on end. His claws dug into the soft earth as he held back a hiss deep in his throat. Something strange and powerful had changed in their world and it had even silenced every fairy around him. He rose back to his hind legs as the earth stilled once more.

“Powerful magic.” One of other warriors whispered. Many more nodded in solemn agreement. An unspoken acknowledgment that the celebration had ended drove him to gather his cloak and halberd from the ground where they had been lain. 

[color=gold]“I thank you for your fine hospitality but adventure calls me now. Until we meet again, friends, may life shine favors upon you.” [/color] He said bowing to his hosts. His curiosity needed to know what had change in this world. Something drew him in the direction of Sun Elf territory and so that was the direction he went, the effects of the ale easily leaving his body as he ran swiftly on all fours with his halberd strapped across his back. His path was easily illuminated by the light of the twin moons and, as a cat, he had little trouble seeing at night. Cade ran until he was nearly exhausted, then he traveled briskly and with purpose upright. He felt a sense of urgency deep in his gut that whatever was going on he needed to be at the heart of it. A shift in the wind deep within the forest caught his attention, a scent unlike those he recognized, strange and foreign. He followed the scent as it strengthened and permeated through the air. 

[color=gold]”Hello?”[/color] He called out every now and again, somewhat cautious but not reaching for his weapon, a cats true weapon were the claws it was born with after all. The halberd, although a useful tool, was just an added bonus in less than evenly matched fight. Although he couldn’t tell whether the source of the strange scent was a friend or foe his first instinct was approach as a friend, his size and race could easily intimidate the smaller and more peaceful beings of his world and being so far from Daka and Aklenroth’s lands he found that the more common threats of this area where ones he felt he could handle.