(Based on Secrets of the Dune)

The howling mountains of Icerun welcome you. Stories trickle down through towns, rumors of runes and treasures long lost to lorkind. Scholars have studied the vast ranges, attempting to pinpoint the areas of great wealth. And after years of work, they’ve done it.

Pamphlets, flyers, and posters have scattered through Loria, inviting any and all Lorfolk to gather. It will be dangerous, perilous even. Be it you come for wealth, adventure, or the thrill of a challenge, the mountains await.

We begin in Glowing Mushroom Inn, a small hotel in the town of Fenreich, set on the edge of a mountain range. They advise you to pack light, but prepare well, for this journey will be long and unforgettable. It may be dangerous, but hey, thats half the point!

Please provide the following information:

Name: (The name your wolf goes by.)
Picture: (Can be a picture or link to your wolf or wolves you wish to use.)
Gender:

Extra: (Anything else we should know about your wolf?)

(credit to wolfe for this ^ )

(Okay, finally here... took a bit, got distracted. Just gonna use one of my own wolves)

Name: Astra

Picture:

Gender: Female

Profession: Astronomer / Navigator

Skills: Due to being an astronomer, she knows how to find her way around using the stars above. It isn't much use on a cloudy day however, or if the sky's blocked out in other ways.

Gear: Some sort of pouch (with more detail in the items section), and a cloak.

Items: A faulty compass, which seems to work only half the time (every time I use it, I flip a coin digitally- heads it works, tails it doesn't), and a small leather pouch, colored black with silver accents to seemingly match with the star aesthetic she has. It contains some food and water for the road. (added on later because I forgor: also some pebbles & assorted star charts. She often looks over them when she needs something to do.)

Companions: None!

Extra: Nothing I can think of off the top of my head. Except, well- currently new, so I don't have the stuff to afford most things as of now, hence the kinda nebulous gear description. Saving up for stuff.

@MystiTheWolf if you edit your post to remove the equal sign from your {wolf=(635397)} it should work for you!

@MystiTheWolf Make sure you capitalize the W! That should allow the image to load. Also, post your first message whenever you're ready!

Name: Valla
Picture:

Valla arrived in Fenreich in the late afternoon, then dawdled around the local market for an hour. She spent a few pebbles on a hot loaf of bread to enjoy as she enjoyed the brisk air and the light snow. Despite the cold, her pace on the way to Fenreich kept her warm. She wanted to cool down before making her way to the inn. Plus, she might lay eyes on some of her potential adventurers and be able to size them up.

She had no such luck it seemed, and decided to head into the Glowing Mushroom Inn shortly after finishing her bread. The boisterous Lupin threw up the door to the inn, loudly ringing the bell, and announced her arrival, "Oi, fellow adventurers! I'm Valla -- nice to meet you! Let's get along now and split everything up even!"

With a playful laugh, she padded up to the bar and ordered a drink and questioned the bartender, "So? I'm the first one then?"

The bartender shrugged, then his eyes darted over Val's shoulder briefly. "Hard to say," the Lupin replied, "Most adventurers don't... announce themselves so eagerly."

Val laughed, but spun with her drink to find out who the bartender had eyed. A potential adventurer?

(ooc- welcome @spoot!)

Doom flinched slightly as the doors burst open, not expecting the sudden noise. His eyes flicked to the cotton-candy Lupin- Valla, she said. His ears twitched as she announced she was an adventurer. He swirled his mead, eyeing her up. Her Floe was a strong, bright red, though not dark. Good, he thought, she doesn't seem to be the angry type. He flicked his tail, watching as she received her drink, only stiffening slightly as her eyes slid to him. He dipped his head to her, one claw absently scratching Heo's head before he realized he should probably introduce himself.

"Er- hello. Dooms the name. Valla, was it?" Did that sound confident? He glanced at his own Floe. Eh... More of an uneasy blue, but at least it wasn't scared purple.

Meanwhile, Heo was squinting at Valla. Something was moving in her furs... Ooh, shiny necklace! Shiny bracelet! Shiny shiny shiny... For him? Yes.

He flutters up, ignoring Dooms startled hiss, and confidently tugs on one of the chains around Vallas neck. When that didn't work, he determinedly pulled on her bracelets. No luck. He flopped unhappily on the counter beside Doom, who was muttering curses to himself and apologies to Valla.

"Heo- et ser skeie... Im so sorry, he normally resists the urge to STEAL THINGS," he aimed the last bit at the sad brown bird. " We've talked about this, refin. If it's on someone else, you don't touch it. Go to your pouch."

Heo sadly waddled into his pouch. Doom shot another apologetic glance at Valla. "Sorry again. Heo can be a rascal."

[tysm!]

Valla laughed easily at the intrusion, completely used to pesky companions. Dilly was nowhere to be seen at the moment. The tiny rodill would have valiantly defended her cloak otherwise! But more likely than not, Dilly slipped out of the cloak and into the inn's shelves and pantries. She would be back later with her ill-gotten gains.

(hi, I have decided to finally stop procrastinating and actually hop in)

Astra very warily opens the doors to the Glowing Mushroom Inn, ears still somewhat ringing after that Lupin's entrance.

She wasn't even near the building- she'd just walked down the cobblestone path, and boom, a combination of sounds that could leave even a half-deaf lorwolf stunned.

With a quick shake of her head, as if to stop thinking about... that, she sits down at the bar, making sure to stay a few seats away from the Lupin who could probably stun someone with her voice.

She flicks her tail once, a nervous habit she really had to stop sometime, before addressing the loud Lupin and the more reserved... Bracchus? Huh, that was a species you didn't see every day. "You're also adventurers, I'm guessing? I'm Astra. An astronomer- and, for this adventure, most likely navigator."

(... Astra may or may not be exaggerating when it comes to Valla's loudness. Who knows.

also whoops. i forgot currency. and maybe some star charts or something, for the theme- can I retroactively add that to Astra's items?)

(Mysti- of course you can add things! We are very early game, so you guys can add whatever you need to your inventory. I’d say stop doing that once we disembark)

Valla grinned at the pair of wolves before her. A healer and a navigator! Valla had exceptional confidence in her strength. This was shaping up to be a great team.

A warrior and a healer? The two others had a more standard role, then.

"I don't. Just saw the poster and figured whoever's there would... probably like to not get turned around." Okay, you're doing good at this social situation thing, Astra, don't mess it up with your rusty-from-years-of-relative-star-studying-solitude social skills! "I've heard from some other astronomers (the ones that come by our den, anyways,) that the mountain peaks can be quite disorienting."

(and there goes my hope of doing longer posts! as a note- the italic parenthesis in dialogue/actions, basically anywhere but the beginning and end of my posts, are little asides or whispered speech.

just in case it confused you!)