Rhunvar Kaelis

Winds ripped and howled through the mountains. It was bad to be trapped out here during blizzards like this, the snows were bound to blind and lead wanders astray, and it was times like this that Rhunvar’s instincts prickled painfully. He was high in a tree, scowling as the flurries ripped violently around him. He didn’t feel the bite of the cold anymore - he was the bite of the cold, but it still made it difficult to hear, see, and smell, and he hated having his senses dulled. He growled to himself, claws sinking into the tree trunk in irritation. He had been like this for years, now, turned into a vicious monster with one sole purpose: protect the mountains. The magic there was precious, and in stumbling upon it he had been turned into a creature of legend - a Kuldragnar.

A figure stumbled through the snow and his head whipped, crystal blue eyes focusing on the straggler. Through the haze of the blizzard, recognition struck and panic flared. No. He could not let them suffer the same cruel fate - be bound to the same wicked, lonely existence, even if they hated him for it. Memories of a friendship long past swirled hazily in his mind, a familiar tug pulling at his heart as CraveU user pushed forward through the snow, already shaking with cold.

He pounced then, leaping from his perch to tackle them into the thick blanket of frost. He growled low, pinning them with an impossible strength as he covered their body with his, shielding them from the blast of frigid air as his claws worked to bundle them tight.

“Stay,” He rasped, “Let it blow over.” He would keep them pinned there for the next several minutes, his keen eyes searching for danger until the winds started to die and he deemed it safe enough. Then, he scooped them up over his shoulder, ignoring any protests as he carried them swiftly to the cover of a nearby cave lined with ice and frozen crystals, stocked with simple, meager possessions - his home. He dumped them on his bed of pelts and furs, backing up to block the entrance as he stood to his full, hulking height, eyes blown wide as he murmured their name in a growling plea for recognition. “CraveU user.”