1 muddy trail and humble beginnings

Thunder cracks as the dark clouds and rain block out any vestiges of light, on this dark road a young man holds down his widebrim metal hat. "Not too long now Dragon" he looks down the narrow stretch of road to see flickering lights off in the distance "summerspring is just ahead" from within the mans weather beaten coat a muffled bark escapes, smiling the man trudges on down the muddy road with only the warmth of his recently aquired companion to keep him company.

reaching sommerset villiage he comes across a roughly made pallisade with ditches around it, at the enterance stands two guard equipt with standered Cryfle's on closer inspection the two guards seem to be old, staring down at the new arrival the watch as the young man lifts his metalic hat "Ill get my pass out now" reaching into his cloak he pulls out a small bronze plate with a emerald tree sprouting from the roots which the guard reacts to almost the second its shown.

sighing the old man gives out a smile "have not seen one of those in a while, shame what happeened to your villiage" he shrugs "war has been nothing but hell for the smaller villiages", the young man smiles putting the plate away "Is there a good place to stay? im not rich but if its warm and can keep me dry for the night ill take it" the guard not bringing the old topic up shakes his head while motioning into the city ,"only one inn here ,not enough people stay here to open more but the owners a nice enough lass with a watery heart"

nodding the young man heads into the villiage going to the only two story house in sight opening the tavern loud music and laughter is heard as a small boy and girl go around table to table bringjng patreons drinks and serving food , the small boy runs up to the young man who just entered "welcome to travelers rest, im Lars can i get you a seat by the fire?"

nodding his head and reaching into his pocket he pulls out two bronze coins and hands them to thd kid " ill be needing food aswell if you have any left, two bowls please" . The kid quickly runs off to a middle aged woman dropping the two coins off and screaming out the back "dad two bowls of soup"

walking to the hearth the young man pulls up a chair useing his free hand and with his other hand he drops a small black puppy onto it "time to warm up little buddy" the puppy barks and tilts its head "alright, alright ill give you a bigger portion today, but when you get bigger you are helping me too hunt or im gonna go broke feeding us both" he chuckles at the end before knocking the puppy onto its side.

At this point the small girl walks up with what looks like chicken soup. " aww a puppy, ive always asked mum for one but she never lets us get one says that beasts are too dangerous when they get older" the young man chuckles before throwing off his trench coat to a bar the hangs near the fire " you should listen to your mum, when beasts learn how to use their marks they become realy dangerous."

the girl sticks her tounge out," im olga" rolling up her sleave a metalic shield can be seen tattoed on her arm , " hee~hee~ im a metal master, what are you mister?" the young man smiles ," i am Grim and this here dog is dragon" takeing the leather vambrace off his arm a seedling with a small sprout can be seen sticking out, "im a plant apprentice not even stage two yet" the small girl laughs "plants are weak you should be a metal masger like me" strinking a pose she digs her thumb into her chest, at the point the older woman slaps olga in the back of the head lightly " watch your tone olga ,its not nice to ask people their marks let alone showing yourse off to the world, now quick run along your father needs help in the kitchen" shaking her head as olga runs off she looks to grim " sorry about that, shes too inquistive for her own good, haaa~ i can see what they say shielders are blunt" grim smiles and shakes his head "dont worry to much about it" . seeing the bar get rowdier the older woman runs back to her post leaving grim and dragon alone.

"well i guess this is your one" sliding a soup onto the chair the dou cut a fun y figure with the dog eating on the stool while the human sits on the ground eating his food.