The moonlight is barely illuminating the forest’s floor making it difficult to maneuver. Rhogast has been lost in these woods for the past three nights while searching for the Tablet. Maav said that this Tablet holds the answers to the lost civilization that terraformed this exact forest.
There have been noises nearby Rhogast camp that awakes him after his fire turns to warm embers. This is the third time tonight he was woken. Rhogast gets up this time to see what is out there. _What have you gotten me into Maav, he thought. _Rhogast looked up and saw moonlight creeping through the canopy. If he didn’t know he was in a forest, he would have thought he was stargazing.
He sees a slight clearing ahead and naturally gravitates towards it. His vision is better there. Rhogast sits upon a large rock to catch his breath. That’s when he sees it. The noise that has been following him since he got in the forest. Three wolves are staring at him. An initial panic sweeps over Rhogast as he suddenly feels exposed. Then an almost comforting emotion flows through his thoughts like wind in a lush meadow.
Maav always told him that things are not always what they seem to be. _Why do I feel calm? _Confusion now. The three wolves turn their backs to him, but look back almost as if they want him to follow. Without second thought, Rhogast gets up and follows. As he walks, the wolves walk. When he stops, the wolves stops. “The Tablet.” Rhogast said. “The creatures of this region are said to know the way. Will you take me there?”
The wolves take off in a sprint forward like something spooked them, howling along the way. _The sun is coming up already? Its warmth has never reached within the trees like this. _Rhogast turned around and saw what spooked the wolves and answered his thought. A bright orange light is flickering 100 yards off or so.
I didn’t extinguish my fire…
