09-23-2018, 05:19 PM
[align=center][div style="0px; width:450px; height:auto; text-align: justify; font-size: 8pt; line-height:13px; color:black;"]Like a moth to flame he would always find him. Even as darkness consumed the land there could not be enough of it to snuff out that guiding light. The male wouldn't and he couldn't allow for his brother to fall to disgusting hands of other creatures not after everything that had happened to him. It was his fault. He understood that and now his mandate had changed. If he couldn't be the king that his people needed then he would be the protector that his brother needed. The canine had not stopped walking, had not stopped traveling over the long distances that had taken him through vast lands. Even as tiredness clung to his limbs, as wind buffeted his body he did not stop to rest. There was no time to as the more time they spent separated the more time things could happen. If his brother was harmed he did not think he could forgive himself. Heat pressed on his back, oppressive and ever present as his paws pressed upon the shifting sands of a new land. His yellow gaze shifted over the ever changing landscape and he allowed a sigh to part his lips, gold toned tongue peaking through for just a moment. Wherever he was he smelled blood in the air and he curled his muzzle in a mild amount of distaste.
This place, whatever it was, might be a challenge for him yet but he had a feeling that what he was looking for was here. One twitch of his bobbed tail and the canine moved forward with ease, slipping along a sand dune that rose up to silhouette his form in the rays of the sun. Not a day went by that he didn't think of what had happened and that witch. Fragments of memory spiraling in his mind that eventually led to slavery, led to dethroning. A dry smile pulled at his muzzle as he slipped down the other side, sand raining down behind him. There was not much that he knew about this land and so he was mentally preparing himself for anything as he went forward through the desolate territory. There were cacti in the distance and even more so a large structure. What that structure was he didn't know and he frowned just a bit before starting to head that way. After all this was perhaps his only shot at finding whom he was looking for and upon the steps of the fortress he looked around, gaze narrowed as he eyed the ramparts. It didn't remind him of home, perhaps too savage but it was close enough and so he spoke up, calling out to those that were near. "Hails!" Someone would surely hear him and if not then he would go in regardless of an invitation or not.
This place, whatever it was, might be a challenge for him yet but he had a feeling that what he was looking for was here. One twitch of his bobbed tail and the canine moved forward with ease, slipping along a sand dune that rose up to silhouette his form in the rays of the sun. Not a day went by that he didn't think of what had happened and that witch. Fragments of memory spiraling in his mind that eventually led to slavery, led to dethroning. A dry smile pulled at his muzzle as he slipped down the other side, sand raining down behind him. There was not much that he knew about this land and so he was mentally preparing himself for anything as he went forward through the desolate territory. There were cacti in the distance and even more so a large structure. What that structure was he didn't know and he frowned just a bit before starting to head that way. After all this was perhaps his only shot at finding whom he was looking for and upon the steps of the fortress he looked around, gaze narrowed as he eyed the ramparts. It didn't remind him of home, perhaps too savage but it was close enough and so he spoke up, calling out to those that were near. "Hails!" Someone would surely hear him and if not then he would go in regardless of an invitation or not.