Cacoethes' Works

 Chapter Ten: Solving the Olgar Mystery THE SECOND TIME the behemoth moose-rider graces Nilhin with his presence is at the banquet for their successful night hunts, almost a week later. That huge man, as Nilhin had come to learn, was Hvit Forin, the clan leader. Said man was only twenty years old, and had been the clan leader for quite some time due to his father’s untimely demise. Nilhin was sitting at the high table with the other four members of the Orikani subunit, and he was sitting furthest from the clan leader, since Kveda had decided he deserved that privilege, having killed the squirrel beast. Nilhin hadn’t even bothered to fight with him. Ever since that night, that hunger, that had finally been sated, was slowly returning, and Nilhin was starting to crave fulfilment again, only he didn’t know how to get it himself. He needed someone to give it to him, it seemed, like his mother or the squirrel beast.  “So you killed the squirrel beast?” Hvit Forin asked. Kveda nodde...

 Chapter Nine: Beast or Beast AS GRONJAS HAD said, there was a wild hunt scheduled for his subunit, the Orikani, in a western town. The forest around it had been terrorised by a squirrel beast that had apparently ravaged their supply of grain for the upcoming winter. Nilhin had yet to experience the winters of Krokstad, but from the rumors and the way people spoke of it, the winters there grew very harsh and very cold. He departed with his subunit, carrying his sword strapped to his back. It almost dragged the ground due to its impressive length, but it was actually less heavy when he could support it with his entire body.  He followed at the back, because he wasn’t wanted near the others, nor did the new captain, Ogar, want him anywhere near them. They got to the town, and headed into the forest around it, just waiting to be hunted. The beast didn’t approach them at all during the day no matter what they did. “We’ll set up camp here,” Ogar commanded, motioning to a relatively...