Welcome to Gaia! ::

Ragnvard yawned mightily, the lazy sound rumbling into a low roar as he stretched, muscles protesting but swiftly giving up their protest as the large male rose to his feet. He disliked this new sensation when he awoke. The feeling of muscles that had stiffened while he slept, old wounds suddenly starting to ache until he had been moving around for a while. Was this what his Father did every day? Having to put up with such unimportant but irritating little niggles? Snorting his displeasure he stepped away from his napping spot and set off through the pride.

It had been a busy few days, his training of Raum had been progressing well, the boy was a quick learner and had an efficiency and a certain ruthlessness that Ragnvard appreciated. If he was indeed getting old –he shuddered at that thought- then Raum was the perfect one to take over his legacy when the time came. Of all his illegitimate offspring, that boy was the most promising. Suddenly from high above a blue and brown eagle swooped low, skimming just above Ragnvard’s head before lifting up into the thermals again. Haki, Ragnvard’s unwilling familiar, had noticed his Master waking from his nap and had reported in. The bird had been with Ragnvard for a long time now, and was one of the Captain’s scouts. A useful tool, there was no love between the two males, but Ragnvard knew the bird was trustworthy and dependable.

As he walked along, Haki kept pace up in the sky, mostly ignored by Ragnvard. It was the bird that first spotted the large lioness further along their path though as she wasn’t a threat or a target, he didn’t alert his Master down below. Instead, Haki swooped lower, curious about this lioness who wore furs all over her body.