On a rainy night, as thunder echoes through the skies, a lone horse drawn carriage travels across the forest path. In the carriage, a small group of merchants discusses their business matters, and in the corner, Cam sits wearing a hood and keeping to himself.
"Hey Kid, I can't go further than this.", says the messenger driving the wagon. Cam, with a monotone voice, says "Okay, thanks anyways.". He and Leo leave the wagon in the pouring rain, Cam puts Leo in the bag to keep him from getting wet and walks through the forest.
As he walks, he sighs, silently saying to himself "Okay, Cam, keep it together. Gotta keep searching.". Just then, he spots a sign leading to a nearby town. He follows the sign, walking unfazed in the thundering rains.
He arrives at the town, clearly noticing its big size. He enters a nearby bar, teaming with adventurers and townspeople drinking and laughing. He sits at the bar, burying his face in his hands. "Hey kid, you're looking a little too sad for a boy your age.", the bartender says, wiping a cup. Cam simply says "I've done a lot for a boy my age.". The bartender places a cup beside him and fills it with alcohol, "Wanna talk about it?", he asks. Cam takes one look at the cup, sighs and takes a sip. He winces at the bitter taste. "Haha, it's not for everybody.".
Cam takes another sip, saying "All I wanna do is forget the last couple of days..". The bartender remarks "I hear that.". Cam asks "So, where am I, exactly?". The bartender says "Why, you're in the country of Azurefeld, in Condora Town.". Cam, thinking to himself says "Azurefeld? Did I leave the country in just a week?". He takes a bigger sip and starts feeling dizzy. The bartender simply laughs, saying "First time? You'll get used to it.", as Cam passes out. When Cam wakes up, he sees the entire bar erupt into applause for a group of adventurers, returning after a successful quest.
The adventurers' group is made up of A human rogue, an elf wizard, a half-orc barbarian, and a half elf priest.
Cam looks on as the adventurers are given praise, and one of them, a blonde haired rogue, declares "We will return with the Snow Crawler's Head!". Cam sits in his chair, secretly listening in as the adventurers head off.
Cam's mind is filled with memories of his friends and he asks "Another.., give me another.". The bartender pours him another cup of beer, and he takes a huge gulp.
An hour later, Cam hears the bar attendees saying "Hey, have you heard? The Snow Crawler killed those adventurers!". Cam, out of curiosity, walks out of the bar, however he stops himself, thinking "No, you don't have time for this! You gotta find clues about Mom.".
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However, Leo jumps out of Cam's bag and runs out into the rain, and Cam asks one of the bat attendees where they went. The attendee says "I heard they went to the Sacred Caves, up north.".
Cam, with a slight smile on his face, runs out of the bar to save the adventurers. At the Sacred caves, the adventurers are locked in a deadly battle with the Snow Crawler, a hulking, white furred beast with four small blue eyes and ice breath. The half orc barbarian attempts to knock it down, but she is forcefully thrusted to a wall, which cracks from the force. The priest, using his healing magic, supports his friends from the sidelines as they charge forth. The rogue, wielding his silver blade, strikes at the Snow Crawler, only to be viscerally slashed on the arm. As the wizard charges an electric attack at the Snow Crawler, it slams down at the ground, shaking the entire cave and knocking them all off their feet. As the monster rears its claw, ready to slice the wizard, the priest leaps in front of the blow, getting sliced in half. "No! Alastor!", screams the rogue in despair and anger. He flies into a blind rage over the death of his friend, and just as the beast charges a massive ice attack with its ice breath, Cam charges in and stabs one of its eyes, distracting it.
The rogue and wizard ask Cam "Who are you?". Cam answers "An ally.", as they ready themselves for the Snow Crawler's attack. The monster charges at them and they collectively evade, attacking it relentlessly. Cam, noticing that the beast regenerates most external damage, says "It's regenerating! We can't beat it like this!". The wizard says "He's right! We need to damage it internally!", as she charges the rogue's blade with electric energy. He and Cam run towards the beast, as the wizard provides covering fire. Cam slashes its arms, distracting it, and the rogue stabs the wound on its eye, and shocks it with the electrical energy on his blade
The beast lets out a guttural shriek as it dies.
The rogue and wizard run to check on the barbarian and carry her out of the cave, along with the remains of Alastor the Priest.
On their way back to the town, carrying the barbarian, Cam says "I'm sorry about your friend..", the rogue says "Don't apologize, it won't bring him back.". The atmosphere goes silent, until the wizard says "I'm glad you came to save us, we would've been dead if it wasn't for you.". Cam smiles softly and says "I'm Cam, Cam Silverrie.". The wizard says "I'm Arlotta, and this is Zenith and our barbarian, Olgreda.". Zenith nods his head and says "Thanks..for your help.".They arrive back at Condora Town, greeted by the townspeople's cheers. They go to the local church to cremate the priest's remains, Cam tries to walk away, but, Zenith grabs his hand and asks "We're having a funeral, and we'd like you there.". Cam joins them as they cremate their friend, he looks at the group's faces to see Arlotta being the only one crying, and the rest keeping a neutral face expression as they comfort her.
Hours later, they walk out of the church and Cam walks to the bar, Zenith follows him and asks "What's your favorite beer?". Cam, confused, says "I..I dunno, I just started..". Zenith pours him a cup of a different beer and says "I figured, a kid like you shouldn't be drinking..". Cam takes a sip and says "So you're gonna stop me?". Zenith shakes his head and takes a big gulp of beer, saying "You wanna forget something by drinking beer? Go ahead.". Cam raises his glass, slightly drunk, and says "Here, here!", as they share a toast, drinking through the night.
The next morning, at an inn, Cam asks himself "So, now what? Where does my life go from here?"
Cam ponders on his fate as once he may have thought that he was meant to be alone, but now finds himself other people to trust.