1.6
Next Sun you awake energized, your front claws look bigger and more powerful than the Sun before. Stretching you open your wing membrane and see that it is well developed, could it sustain you in the first step of embracing the sky?
You need to know. Excited you rush out of your den and run all the way down to the border of the southern area. Your powerful limbs carry you way faster than what you are used to and soon you find yourself near a tree. You claw the bark and start pushing yourself up. It's a slow process, because while your Body is mighty enough to do the deed without much trouble, your limbs are stiff and lack the agility to do so effortlessly.
Finally you are up. You take in the beauty of the land, from your privileged position you can see some of the good beasts that inhabit it.
There are Sentinels not too far away, but they are too concentrated on a Deathbite Tailbeast to pay much attention to you. Closing ranks they commence a characteristic war dance to intimidate the scalebeast away. the Treetails, historical allies of the Sentinels, provide support distracting the Deathbite moving their tails and giving it more targets to focus on. With too many foes to face the Deathbite decides to retreat.
The Sentinels don't have much time to celebrate their victory, a Day Skyclaw is sighted patrolling the grat Above looking for prey. As the Sentinels and the Treetails run for refuge the Skyclaw swoops from above, with a speed you know will equate only when you will be much older, and catches the Longears it was aiming for.
Having had enough of the scenery and wanting to try to glide you spread your wings and embrace the sky. It isn't a very graceful flight, to not say it wasn't graceful at all. But you didn't hurt yourself so, slowly, you climb the tree again and launch yourself. Again and again. Trying and trying your technique becomes noticeably better and your general coordination improves. You are so ecstatic in being able to embrace the wind, even if not fully, that you end up spending the whole Sun gliding.
It is majestic, it is glorious and it gives you a small taste of adulthood.
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+1 Lesson of Water, Way of Day Skyclaws, Deathbite Tailbeasts, Treetails and Longears added to Knowledge]
The new Sun brings the purpose to explore one of the two areas you still ignore. Considering the pitiful state of the north and that your Creator territory starts from south, you are bound to find the borders of the territories of some of your rivals today. Your tail lashes with both excitement and fear at the taught, meeting other Draaks might result in Challenges, and Challenges bring both the risk of loss and injury, especially with your still soft armor, and the reward of a bigger land, with Treasures and richer prey. Winning it will be fundamental later on if you want to grow strong enough to leave your Creator's holding.
You make your way east, it is a much more steep compared to the rest of your land. You climb the hills of the mountain and glide down avoiding hazards like small holes. The area is rich of holes, many are the den of different good beasts, but it's likely that some will lead to the Treasure hidden below Earth wondrous Body.
Your exploration of the mountains is cut short due to the presence of claw marks signing that most of the area belongs to another Draak. From the scent it seems it is another hatchling, you aren't Kin among Kin though. The mountains must sign the beginning of the territory of another birther adult Draak.
You have more interesting things to do this Sun, so you leave the mountainous area and go exploring more south.
On your way to the southern plain you meet a ravine, gliding easily down it you notice that it is full of holes that are the dens of featherbeasts, living near each other in search of protection. Certainly something to investigate later on. Their eggs would be a nice and easy prey, or you could Challenge them for information. Featherbeasts are well versed in the way of Air, they probably would know any news about your rivals and information about some inhabitants and locations of your land.
The southern part of the east area is rich in prey and vegetation. You climb up one of the trees to have a better view of your surroundings: you see a Lesser Longlegs hunting scalebeasts not too far, but your musings are soon interrupted by the angry song of a Burntblack "
Draak! Away! Away! This is my nest, put together with patience and effort!" And you do see that a couple of branches above you there is the den of the featherbeast with some Shiny Things in there. Treasure! The nest is located on quite a thin branch, but you probably can reach it.
What do you do?
[] Try to take the Blackburn Treasure by strength of Tooth and Claw.
[] Challenge the Blackburn for some of its Treasure.
[] Offer a trade: you won't take the Blackburn treasure, but you want information since Knowledge is a Treasure of its own.
-[] Ask a question about your territory and its inhabitants. (valid for all the areas)
