I awoke in the morning to find Baker and Doran deep in conversation.
"Yeah I have always had a connection to metal it was a comfort thing for me. I always loved the feel of it." Baker was happy to talk to someone that had a similar energy type as himself. Doran pulled out a small ingot of metal and handed it to Baker.
"What do you think about this?" Baker took the ingot and set it in front of him. He put his hands over top of the metal bar and his hands started to glow with a metallic sheen. The metal seemed to hum when his energy touched it. Baker sat there intently studying it then let his energy fade.
He looked up and smiled "It amazing, like it wanted to mimic my energy and it sings when my energy touches it. It doesn't have a consciousness per say but it does have an energy signature like the rest of us. What is this called?" Doran nodded
"It’s called arcanium, it was created by the dwarves 1000s of years ago and has been used to make weapons of significant power. Even some of earths mythological and famous weapons were made of this metal. Masamune, Poseidon's trident, the spear of Longinus, Mjolnir, and the bullet that killed JFK. Not everyone that had access to the weapons were good people sorry to say." He paused as Paige and Jasper walked into the room and sat at the table. Shyft stumbled in groggy and half awake
"I heard talking." he croaked. I make us a pot of coffee with some of the beans I found in the store we looted. After we each had a nice cup of hot coffee in us Doran sat forward.
"So, my friends the three of us have conferred and we would be honored to help with Sanctuary. I find myself drawn to the Ironhides. Paige is intrigued by the Skyteam. And Jasper would like to be a part of the Spectres. Since the 6 of us are the start of this what is the next step?" After a few minutes of thought
"I think we should focus on finding a safe place to have the home base and building our numbers, but we have to keep up our fight against the demons. I think we each need to discuss each of our teams and then you three use that to find a place and get our groups together." They agreed so Jasper and I got our gear and headed out into the woods to have our conversation.
"Ok Jasper so the Spectre are the recon, long range combat, and stealth units. Outside of battle we focus on hunting, gathering, and providing. We will focus on the honor of a proper kill, that animals killed should be for used for sustenance, and love of nature. The principles that the Spectre exemplify honor, perception, and survival." Jasper was quiet and attentive during my description of the Spectre. "What I need you to do when looking for a place for Sanctuary please look for somewhere that is near or in a forested area so we will have places to hunt, farm and train. When looking for people use the principles and methods I described to find likeminded people. They don’t need to have prior training I can train them with you as my second in command of them."
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Jasper nodded "I will do this to advance the Spectres and Sanctuary. We feel that this is the best way for humanity to grow and survive. I thank you for the ability to help you with this endeavor. How will we stay in contact with you all to keep you up to date on what is happening? I thought on this for a few minutes then seeing Swift running through the woods chasing Shade made the idea pop into my head.
"Swift knows my scent both physical and energetically send him to find me." Jasper made a small whistle. Swift turned when he heard the sound and came bounding over.
"You called?" Swift asked.
"Are you able to find Wingless even if we are miles apart?" Swift smelled me a few times and then turned back to Jasper
"Yes I would know his scent and energy anywhere. It may take days to track him but I can do it."
Jasper nodded "Thank you Swift." After our conversation, Jasper and I headed back to the shop. Baker and Doran were still discussing the Ironhides. Shyft and Paige had finished their conversation just before we got back. I sit down on the couch and ping my energy just to check our surroundings. I got back a ping shortly after and the area was all clear for now. Shade and Swift were in an arm chair resting because they were up all night keeping us secure. Baker and Doran finish their conversation and push back from the table. Paige looked up from cleaning and sharpening her spear.
“So, we are all on the same page then?” Doran asked. Jasper and Paige both answer with yes. We spent the next hour or so discussing how we were going to keep Sanctuary safe.
“Well Swift can run perimeter sweeps” Jasper said Paige added “I do know some minor warding sigils but anything better than a soldier and we would be found.” Doran waved his hand and said, “If we combine all three of our energy with something made of arcanium like totems or warding stones making an impressive barrier.”
"We also have an array of wards and glyphs at our disposal." Baker chimed in.
"Shade can run arial surveillance in conjunction with Swift. I am also fair at bindrune crafting and spellweaving." I added.
"What are bindrunes?" Paige asked
"Normal runes are usually single purpose and limited in energy level. A bindrune is a rune made of multiple sympathetic runes that can function like a computer program. They also have the added benefit of getting an exponential energy capacity." I answered
Paige furrowed her brow while in thought “I guess we will have to experiment with all of that.”
Jasper stood up and said, “I guess we need to start with our assignments.” Over the next hour, we helped our new team mates get packed and ready to leave. Once they were ready we bid our farewells and they were off.