[center][h3]Sir Edwin Stormcrest?[/h3][/center]
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Titles
[color=#0E0101][Human - Mundane], [Noble Ryke Baron] B, [Apprentice Lancer], [Power Potential], [Get Looped], [Dark Knight], [Knight in Black], [Dark Horseman] - #0E0101[/color]
Noteworthy Skills: [Resilient Surprised], Regeneration F
Asset Goal: Northern Ryke Village [Name Pending] F

[color=#0E0101]“People…?”[/color] His voice was a murmur, wondering who, or more accurately what, Aedrianna might be referring to. His azure gaze scanned their surroundings, the hand not relaxing even the slightest of the hold on her leg. Downward was clearly a path that wouldn’t be allowed.

And then she found it. Seeing her short-lived commemoration of having found her bounty, a small smile appeared on his lips. [color=#0E0101]“It might be only one, yes, but it is miles better than zero. It takes a series of small victories, until full conquest. Don’t you forget that: one step at the time.”[/color]

Reaching one gauntleted hand over her head, he rubbed the very top of it, messing up her hair slightly, on purpose. [color=#0E0101]“Mmm? Oh, there were claw marks on the trees in the path we came from. Either an animal or an animal-person must have done it… well, can’t discount a monster as well.”[/color]

Retracting his hand, he looked back at the path with narrowing eyes. [color=#0E0101]“We will certainly find something, you can count on that.”[/color] With his head tilted upward slightly, he felt prepared for whatever could be waiting for them.

The baron intertwined fingers with her, protectively and possessively all the same. And, as they ascended, every once in a while his orbs flicked towards her, being drawn by her smile. And each time, his expression softened, only to harden once more as he focused on their surroundings.

Then, there was the altar.

At the sacrificial sight atop it, beast mangled and its vitae being used by whatever nefarious ends, Edwin showed little reaction, other than arching a single golden eyebrow. [color=#0E0101]“[i]Hoh[/i]… did we just stumble upon a cult?”[/color] Those words danced out of his lips, nose scrunching slightly. [color=#0E0101]“And not only any cult, one that performs sacrifices to overcome their own… inadequacies.”[/color]

The dark horseman stepped forward, unafraid, uncaring and unmoved. Reaching one particular cluster of the Skythorne Blossoms, he swooped his armored hand at it and yanked off the ground, claiming dominion even upon the corrupted soil. [b][Action 1][/b]

[color=#0E0101]“Do you think these can be used?”[/color] Looking over his shoulder, he asked Aedrianna, attention snapping back upon hearing the whining that came from the creature’s cadaver upon the sacrificial slab. [color=#0E0101]“Mmmm?”[/color]

Approaching the sacrilegious epicenter fully, and without ceremony, until his eyes pinpointed the source: a cub. [color=#0E0101]“What do we have here…”[/color] He murmured, free-hand reaching into the body and retrieving the pup by the scruff of its neck [b][Action 2][/b]. [color=#0E0101]“... aren’t you a lucky one?”[/color] He lifted the insignificant little being in front of his face to have a good look at it.

Actions:
1 - Ripped the Skythorne Blossoms off the ground with - Superstrength E + Energized E - 0 Posts Cooldown
2 - Retrieved the pup