The Reach
Three days ride of the Ark
Everan was poor man.
He'd had little in life, a small, run down home inherited from his drunk of a father.
But he was a happy man in life, despite his lot in life, especially with his beloved Tayla.
A beautiful woman, her long hair was the color of ready to be cut hay, her figure lithe and skinny, but beautiful to look at.
She was often what kept him going when things were rough, when money was tight. He was lucky to have her.
Which made what would happen next in his life that much more difficult before his untimely and violent death.
1
"Are we ready Si'aka?"
The Nameless tribal leader looked down at his tribe mate from his mighty Reaper King, the beast slavering to get ahold of the animals in the pens, looking like oversized Chargeless Shinhorns, and snarled.
"Quiet! We don't want to alert the Soft Meat to our position."
Si'aka's tail flicked three times, gesturing for the tribe to encircle the shack. Their black skin keeping them from being sighted in the dark, except for Si'aka, his larger size and glowing red skin signifying his position as the tribe leader, allowing him to command the mighty Reapers.
With all of them in place, he signaled with his hand, 2 knockings in the air, his hand visible with bioluminescence.
The Nameless trine charged, ripping into the shack with ease, and pouring inside.
They pulled the two Soft Meat outside screaming and kicking, holding them down.
Si'aka hopped off his Reaper, and patted it on the leg, giving it signal to eat the Chargeless Shinhorns.
He paid no attention to the bleats and snarls that accompanied it's feeding, he was more preoccupied with the two Soft Meats at hand.
Loping on all fours at a general pace, he grabbed hold of the male Soft Meat, carefully examining him as if he were a piece of livestock.
Opening his jaws, Si'aka took large bite out of the Soft Meats shoulder, the flesh as delectable as always.
He turned to the screaming female, and slashed her throat, letting his tribe mates have at her.
He turned his attention back the male, grinning as the Soft Meat sobbed while looking at his female being devoured en mass by his tribe.
The Soft Meat would be kept alive for months, being fattened up, then have pieces of his flesh cut off for servings.
His tribe would find much more Soft Meat in the coming days, and the forests of the Reach would echo with their screams.
2
"Now what are these things?"
Need Stark was confused on what he saw before him.
Impaled on an elks horns, was a massive dog creature the size of a horse. It was hairless, had horrifying teeth in the front of it's jaws, large finger-like claws, and was piebald with black and white colorings.
The elks horns had gone through the neck of the beast, but the dog had had its last laugh.
It's massive jaws had bit directly into the elks skull, turning its head into a bloody mess.
"My Lord Ned, I've never seen anything like this," Theon gasped.
Ned was at a loss for words, something that did not occur often, the beast was female, he'd noticed, her massive teats engorged with milk.
"She must have just whelped, look at her teats."
He had forgotten his sons were nearby, they looked pale viewing the scene.
But Bran was pointing at something, something that shocked need out of his silence.
There were several pups, scared and hiding behind the body of their mother. They were different colors each, some with white and brown speckling, one the same color as the mother but with a shock of blue hair between it's massive ears.
'I would bet my my life this has something to do with the massive fireball to the that came down a few weeks ago,' Ned though for a moment.
Bran dismounted his pony and pulled a little bit of salted pork from his saddle bag, and started approaching the pups, holding the meat in his hands.
"Come on, come on," he spoke quitely, trying not to let the pups be scared.
Theon immediately started to draw his sword, prepared to kill these, most likely, savage little beasts and keep them from harming Bran.
But a hand came down on his hand and his hilt.
"No, let's see what happens, I trust my brother."
It was Jon, wanting to see his brothers courage that he knew was in him. Theon put his hand back on his reins, looking on with worry.
One of the pups finally came up to bran, a deep brown one with a small covering of white hair on it's head and shoulders.
The others, seeing their brave brother, decided to join him and see if they could get food from this two legged furry thing.
Five came up to bran after that, all clamoring for food.
Bran smiled and pulled out some more salted meat from his saddle bag,"I like them."
Ned laughed at the absurdity of it. His son had coaxed the pups of some unfamiliar wolf beast to look to him for food and comfort, if them curling up around his legs meant anything.
Theon looked at Need with raised eyebrows.
Ned shrugged back, not knowing what to do either. Though, he did take notice at the smallest one, an albino, walking up to Jon and sniffing at him, looking for food.
Jon, being Jon, just swiped the pup into his arms, the pup yelping in surprise, and gave the small wolf beast a piece of meat from using sack, the little creature tearing right into the meat, devouring it.
One even came up to Robb, who was giving it a bit of his meat with a slight smile on his face.
Ned looked at the pups, following his son around, and came to a reluctant decision.
"I see you boys seem to have taken an interest in these little beasts, so, I will allow you to keep them, there being enough for Sansa, Arya, and little Rickon. But, you will have to take care of them yourselves. Understand boys?"
Bran nodded excitedly, and picked up the pup that had first walked up to him, hugging it.
Ned looked at the little pup being held by Jon, the little white pup still savaging meat.
"Hmm, he's silent even as he rips into the meat Jon. Never made a sound save for that yelp. Quiet as a ghost that one."
Jon though on that as they rod him, the pups in tow.
'Ghost.' He looked down at the pup, curled up against him on the saddle, it's large teeth sticking out of the front if it's mouth.
'I think I have your name.'
