[private] Crown of Bone and Thorn [PQ Quest]

[Kreed]

The instructions were clear, bring back a piece of the mountain goats I sought to resemble.  I wasn't one to normally follow instruction given to me by non-Krampus, but a fairy I wanted something from, I'd consider their request more strongly.

I descended the mythical Mountain and headed back towards the Chamber.  Along the way were plenty of mountains filled with goats of all kinds, and everything that ate them.  I wasn't afraid to tussle with those creatures either, being much larger than a goat and equipped with a set of dagger for horns, I like my odds.

The rugged terrain and lack of groomed paths made the travel hard.  I didn't have the cloven hooves of my wild cousins, but I was fixing to correct that.  Looking up at the craggy formations I can see the sharp rock slats that the goats used to scale the large inclines.  There was no way I was getting to those, so I continue on the gravel path below.

Picking my way through the lowlands I look up periodically to scan the area.  Dusk was soon to stretched across the cloudy skies, so I quicken my pace.  In a few strides there looked to be a path heading slightly up.  I follow it and in a few more strides it bends around a large gray rock.  The path narrows, my coarse bristle hair rubbing against the stone walls on either side of me.  

As I come around the bend the path opens up to a small grassy plain with a water spring bubbling up from the mountains snow melt.  I would expect a haven like this to be bustling but it is quiet... Too quiet.

My ears flicker to a noise coming from above me.  I look up just in time to see a pair of goats leaping from ledge to ledge.  They are moving much too fast for leisure or play.  My silver eyes catch a glimpse of something else moving along the stone ledges.  A sleek tawny creature.

Kreed

Crown of Bone and Thorn

Quest post one