Prologue 1 - Folvos Arylide
A lone figure stands on top of a small hut. This figure is cloaked in a type of Armour similar to leather. The vast majority being a dark grey color while other, smaller sections, were just darker greys, nearly black. Together this gave the wearer a near invisible look during the night except to Faunus. The Faunus are a type of human with certain animal traits dependent on the species of animal. Most Faunus share a few common traits though; animal ears dependent on the species, night vision and heightened senses to name a few. Although some are more specific, for example; a feline Faunus may have a love of fish and be more afraid of dogs; a fox Faunus may be more sly and afraid of loud places; finally, a Wolf Faunus may have enhanced smell as well as enhanced hearing, which is how Folvos was able to hear the attack before it came. Folvos heard the Grimm coming for his town, he'd known they had been hanging around for ages it was just a matter of waiting. By the sounds of it there was still a few minutes until they got close enough to attack the town. The town had been evacuated prior however Folvos had refused to leave his home town for the Grimm to destroy. He produced a black and pale brown bow from his cloak and drew an arrow, aiming towards the approaching noise standing side on.
The first Grimm broke through the tree line and looked around. This almost pure black being stops in his tracks and sniffs the air. The creature doesn't do anything else before an arrow pierces its skull fired from Folvos's bow. The timely take down also means Folvos only has a short time to decide it is a Beowolf. Beowolves are a relatively easy type of Grimm looking like a half human, half wolf mix that have some bone-like armor and spikes growing from its body seemingly erratically. Unlike the Faunus though these look more wolfish than human. Soon Folvos has another arrow readied to fire and is aiming when a second Beowolf appears to see the fast decomposing body of its pack-mate. The second arrow flies straight but a third Beowolf appears before Folvos's is ready and charges the building Folvos stands upon. He manages to fire an arrow before the beast gets closer but the damage is done, his 'safety gap' is now smaller and it keeps closing with each Grimm. After about 7 Grimm one manages to leap up towards Folvos, he gets shot down but the next one lands near Folvos upon the roof top forcing him to leap backwards and transform his bow into a staff. A small mechanical whir can be heard as the pieces quickly snap straight up to create one metal pole about the same height as Folvos. The Grimm launches at Folvos before his staff can complete though and Folvos is forced to leap backwards, crossing the street to the next rooftop where he prepares to go on the offensive. The Grimm leaps towards Folvos but Folvos strikes down when he comes in range and causes the Grimm to smash into the ledge and fall down onto his back, unmoving and slowly disappearing. Another Grimm has launched himself up and appears to be coming after Folvos before it turns and leaps to a roof top away from Folvos. He looks around and can see that now they have all of his exits blocked, he was trapped. The only way he could go now was to the streets, however there was suddenly a very loud and deep growl which caused Folvos to freeze looking around for the source.
The Alpha had come forth. He stood about a head taller than the smaller ones and was covered in thicker bone-plating as well as his significantly larger amount of muscle. One hit from him would likely cause serious damage to Folvos despite his Aura… he had to beat him as fast as possible. Folvos leapt down to the street and the surrounding Beowolves jumped to block his options, he had to face the Alpha now… or did he? Thinking quickly Folvos flicked his staff back into bow mode and quickly drew an arrow and fired at the Grimm closest to the forest. It flew straight but he only managed to strike the Grimm in the chest, not enough to kill him. Folvos took his chance anyways and started running, shifting the Bow back to a staff as he grew near to the Grimm he jammed the staff into the ground and jumped. Folvos was sent skywards and he barely managed to get over the Grimm, landing roughly Folvos took a split second to recover before he started running. Folvos flicked his staff back into Bow mode and turned around for a second to fire one arrow near blindly towards the advancing Grimm; it struck a wall and completely missed anything of use. He put the bow back up onto his shoulder to hold it while he continued to run towards the forest's edge. Once he got to the edge he leapt up onto the lower branches and pulled the bow out while aiming towards some of the easier looking Grimm. In the distance Folvos could see the Alpha running full-pelt getting closer and closer every second. Folvos managed to shoot all of the advancing Grimm before The Alpha got to him.
Folvos leapt back deeper into the forest and the Alpha Beowolf swiped at the branch Folvos was on moments ago splintering it. Folvos flinched when he saw the power behind his swipe and fired once towards the Grimm, he had to end this soon. The arrow struck one of the Grimm's bone-plates and bounced off leaving the Grimm unharmed. Folvos had landed on the ground and was staring the beast before him in the eyes. If he was going down it was going to be swinging and kicking. He readied one more arrow and let it fly. The Grimm moved his hand up and it struck him in his arm. Although he roared in pain he showed no sign of it affecting him that much. The Grim began to charge Folvos and he raised his staff hoping to use it to protect himself. The Beowolf struck the staff with such force that Folvos was thrown back into a tree several meters away. It left him feeling severely drained, almost to the point where he couldn't even raise his staff even while the Beowolf charged him again for the killing blow. This was his end. He was going to die. All his life, his training, his dream, it was all wasted and not going to come true. He would never be able to become a Hunter… Or so he thought. A single gunshot rang out from an older sounding rifle and the Alpha tripped over himself, rolling and coming to a stop just before Folvos's feet. Across the clearing Folvos saw a girl walking towards her with a worried look on her face. Folvos looked at her for a little before he began to feel dizzy. She made it to his side and he knew he would be safe. Unable to fight the dizziness anymore Folvos shut his eyes and passed out.