"Enter you may. Only the worthy ones are allowed to exit"
-Runic Carvings on the doors of The Toomb of Bakah The Unifier
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The day was long, and around evening Jack was running out of raw materials to keep grinding his Crafting Skills. He was relived that did not encountered any deadly monsters since they made camp near the river. No, they did, those river witches where scary and he was now under the spell of one. He cursed his luck.
Bosco emerged from the forest as usual, the first days they hesitated to leave the dog running around the wilderness, but they where busy building the shelter, and only could keep an eye on the Doberman for so long before he slipped in to the dense forest, he always returned and by now it was something normal.
Jack had a growing suspicion that the dog is been hunting on his own, he ate the food they gave him, usually leftovers from dinner, but the hound was growing bigger each day even though he was around 6 or 7 years old, last night before the Whole prophecy that his brother gave him he noticed that the dog had glowing red eyes. Back on earth he would have been worried, here it was just another anomaly between thousands, it worked almost as camouflage. for all he knew the dog could appear with wings some day and the only thing they could do is shrug it off.
He whistled and the dog trotted to where he was sitting, his tongue hanging to the side and the quick paced panting showed he been exercising recently. Jack rubbed the dog under the chin and played with his ears for a bit but when he returned to knapping the stone he realized that his hands had traces of blood on them. Jack examined the dog, he did not have any wounds around his head, His dark fur made it hard to notice at first but around his maws the dog had traces of fresh blood.
"what you do buddy?" Jack asked while raising Bosco's head and making him look in to his eyes, questioning him. They definitely had a red shine to them he noted.
Brandon emerged from inside their shelter and stretched, the whistling must have woken him up. last time Jack checked on him his fever had died down and he was not delirious any more.
"how long was I out?" Brandon asked while approaching Jack, he took a Clay bowl and filled it up with some fish soup, using a carved pice of wood that worked as a spoon.
"Almost a full day. the sun will start setting soon." Jack said while wrapping some twine around an arrow head necklace he crafted out of some shiny blue rock he found while diving on the deep parts of the river that morning.
"shieeet" Brandon said before drinking the full bowl of soup down, he spit out some fish bones on the ground and served himself another one. "had some crazy ass dreams, more like hallucinations"
"I know." said Jack with a harsh voice before threading the necklace and adjusting the knot before cutting the excess twine.
"So what happened?" Brandon was staring at his brother, wafting for a response
"You went in to a trance, got covered in flames and then passed out, the fish ladies found it amusing and laughed, the rest you already know" Jack did not looked at his brother once. he immediately regretted trying to push his brother away, it only feed his curiosity
"is that all?" Brandon asked while raising a brow
"Bosco returned recently from the forest, he had blood around his mouth" Said Jack while waiving his hand dismissively towards the dog.
"right..." Brandon did not buy it, fuck!
"so what have you been up to?" asked Brandon while playing with the dog for a bit.
As if a lightbulb has turned on inside his head Jack had an idea
"Bosco Status" Jack said while looking at the dog, who turned his head and looked confused not recognizing the command.
Jack dropped the rock he was holding in his hand.
"No way..."
Bosco Age: 7 Race: Doberman (Dog variant) Status: Healthy Level: 18
Titles: One of a Kind (+5 to all Atributes)
Guard Dog (Increased Dmg when defending Claimed Land from Hostiles)
Reaper (Critical Strikes are doubled)
Fenrir Kin (All Bite attacks are subjected to a 1.5 Dmg multiplator) [+1 Unique Active Skill]
Stats Status modifier Strenght: 21(+11) +/- 0 Agility: 22(+10) +/- 0 Constitution: 28(+15) +/- 0 Dexterity: 12(+5) +/- 0 Inteligence: 12(+8) +/- 0 Wisdom: 17(+8) +/- 0 Willpower: 26(+11) +/- 0 Perception: 46(+26) +/- 0 Charisma: 19 (+5) +/- 0 Unasigned Status points 0 skills Master Guard: level 4(+6 Per +6 Will) Master Dog Senses: Level 8(+8 Per) Advanced Bite: Level 8 (+3 Str, +3 Agi) Advanced Hunting: Level 6 (+3 Per, +3 Con) Advanced Commands: Level 2 (+3 Int, +3 Wis) Intermediate Fitness: Level 4 (+3 Str, +3 Con) Intermediate Sneak: Level 5 (+2 Agi, +2 Per) Intermediate Feasting: Level 4 (+4 Con) Intermediate Tracking: Level 2 (+2 Per) Begginer Well of Power Control: Level 9 Begginer Wind Element Control: Level 3 Active Skills
Fenrir's Bite
Magically Empowered Bite attack that can pierce even through stone.
Wind Step
Using the Wind as a Vessel the Caster can move extreamly quickly without making any sound for short distances.
Spoiler: Current Status
Brandon Callahan Age: 24 Race: Terran (Human variant) Status: Healthy Level: 4
Titles: Aprentice Scholar(+2 Int +2Wis)
Restless one(-2h of sleep neded each day to be fully rested)
Revenant(+2 Will, +2 Wis)
Dancing With Mermaids (Imroved Water Element Resistance)
Stats Status modifier Strenght: 12(+2) +/- 0 Agility: 9 +/- 0 Constitution: 11(+2) +/- 0 Dexterity: 17(+6) +/- 0 Inteligence: 24(+12) +/- 0 Wisdom: 24(+10) +/- 0 Willpower: 15(+5) +/- 0 Perception: 12(+4) +/- 0 Charisma: 11 (+2) +/- 0 Unasigned Status points 3 skills Advanced Literacy: Level 8 (+4 Int, +4 Wis) Advanced Carpentry : Level 5 (+4 Dex) Advanced Improvisation: level 8 (+4 Int, +4 Per) Intermediate Brawling: Level 3 (+2 Str, +2 Con) Intermediate Musician: Level 8 (+2 Dex)[+3 levels] Intermediate Wits: level 2 (+2 Int, +2 Wis) Intermediate Animal Training: Level 1 (+2 Char) Intermediate Meditation: Level 9 (+3 Will) Begginer Flint Knapping: Level 3 Begginer Weapon Crafting: Level 3 Begginer Spear Mastery: Level 1 Begginer Woodsman: Level 7 Begginer Interrogation: Level 1 Begginer Hide treating: Level 4 Begginer Bowsman: Level 6 Begginer Well of Power Control: Level 5 [+1 Level] Begginer Fire Element Control: Level 4 [+1 Level]
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Jack Callahan Age: 31 Race: Terran (Human variant) Status: Healthy Level: 4
Titles: Aprentice Scholar(+2 Int +2Wis)
Death Defier(+4 to Willpower)
Blood Sworn(+4 Willpower +2 Charisma)
Peace Finder(+2 Int, +6 Willpower)
Engaged (+2 Char with Fiancee, -2 Char all other members of the oposite sex)
Stats Status modifier Strenght: 22(+7) +/- 0 Agility: 12 +/- 0 Constitution: 22(+9) +/- 0 Dexterity: 21(+10) +/- 0 Inteligence: 17(+8) +/- 0 Wisdom: 14(+6) +/- 0 Willpower: 22(+10) +/- 0 Perception: 19(+4) +/- 0 Charisma: 10(+4) +/- 0 Unasigned Status points 3 skills Master Carpentry : Level 5 (+8 Dex) Advanced Literacy: Level 2 (+4 Int, +4 Wis) Advanced Fitness: Level 4 (+4 Con, +4 Str) Intermediate Boxing: Level 6 (+3 Str, +5 Con) Intermediate Combat Sense: Level 3 (+2 Per, +2 Char) Intermediate Fishing: Level 5[+1 Level] (+2 Dex, +2 Per) Intermediate Flint Knapping: Level 2[+1 Level] (+2 Dex, +2 Per) Intermediate Woodsman: Level 1 Begginer Battle tactics: Level 7 Begginer Ambush Countermeasures: Level 9 Begginer Weapon Crafting: Level 7 Begginer Armor Crafting: Level 5 Begginer Spear Mastery: Level 3 Begginer Hide Treating: Level 2 Begginer Clay Crafting: level 3
Bosco Age: 7 Race: Doberman (Dog variant) Status: Healthy Level: 18
Titles: One of a Kind (+5 to all Atributes)
Guard Dog (Increased Dmg when defending Claimed Land from Hostiles)
Reaper (Critical Strikes are doubled)
Fenrir Kin (All Bite attacks are subjected to a 1.5 Dmg multiplator) [+1 Unique Active Skill]
Stats Status modifier Strenght: 21(+11) +/- 0 Agility: 22(+10) +/- 0 Constitution: 28(+15) +/- 0 Dexterity: 12(+5) +/- 0 Inteligence: 12(+8) +/- 0 Wisdom: 17(+8) +/- 0 Willpower: 26(+11) +/- 0 Perception: 46(+26) +/- 0 Charisma: 19 (+5) +/- 0 Unasigned Status points 0 skills Master Guard: level 4(+6 Per +6Will) Master Dog Senses: Level 8(+8 Per) Advanced Bite: Level 8 (+3 Str, +3 Agi) Advanced Hunting: Level 6 (+3 Per, +3 Con) Advanced Commands: Level 2 (+3 Int, +3 Wis) Intermediate Fitness: Level 4 (+3 Str, +3 Con) Intermediate Sneak: Level 5 (+2 Agi, +2 Per) Intermediate Feasting: Level 4 (+4 Con) Intermediate Tracking: Level 2 (+2 Per) Begginer Well of Power Control: Level 9 Begginer Wind Element Control: Level 3 Active Skills
Fenrir's Bite
Magically Empowered Bite attack that can pierce even through stone.
Wind Step
Using the Wind as a Vessel the Caster can move extreamly quickly without making any sound for short distances.