Description

As Karroch watched the years pass him by, he became increasingly anxious to seek out knowledge about the animal kingdom beyond his familiar lands. With that in mind, he traveled to the coast and sought passage with traders sailing to distant lands beyond the setting sun.



After many weeks at sea, he set foot on strange new soil. He traveled across the mysterious lands, discovering teeming new wildlife as well as tribal peoples living alongside them. Near the coast dwelt a fishing tribe who bestowed on Karroch carved gauntlets fashioned after their own totems. As he traveled in-land, the plains people he encountered honored his friendship with the head from a mighty horned beast who provided the tribe with food and shelter. A chief of a neighboring tribe witnessed Karroch's kinship with the animals around him, and made him his own head-dress adorned with deer antlers paying homage to the stag set free in his youth. While trading fireside tales with a people fond of music and storytelling, Karroch traded his belt and horn for a finely stretched drum and skinning knife. Lastly, a fierce tribe of horsemen granted him a pair of their sacred tomahawks for protection in his travels.



On his journey back across the lands with all his new tokens of friendship, Karroch traveled a high mountain pass through the mountains. He witnessed an eagle, high overhead, whom he called out to. Upon hearing such an unusual call, the eagle descended to join him on his path home. The eagle said his name was “Anúnkasan,” and was able to spot danger from a great distance. At night, Karroch traveled many forests and wild places and awoke one night to the sound of wolves. One approached his camp with caution. When Karroch spoke to him freely, the wolf was so startled he fled and told his tale to his brethren. The following night, he returned to find Karroch waiting for him. Karroch asked him his name, to which he answered “Wa-ya the mighty”. Since that night, the mighty wolf can be seen defending Karroch like one of his own pack.