*This is being told by Kalf to his fellow woodsmen*
I came to this place not long ago, a day or two after you left... I tracked you all far and wide and I ran into many things but worst of all, a pack of wolves... Six in number, two alphas and four small ones. It started when me and Gelert, my hound, we're heading towards the biggest hill...
We were walking and tracking, after a while we came to two sets of tracks... one of them was a group of boot tracks, plenty in number, the other set were those of a clawed animal and a few by the looks of things...being the man I am.. I took the claw prints. Me and Gelert climbed and strode up the hill, after a while he began to growl...well I thought it was Gelert..
I looked down at him to see him looking forward, ears up...I followed his gaze and they met the eyes of a wolf.. A small one, I thought at the time there was just him... He let out a howl and three other small wolves appeared next to him.. shortly followed by two big alphas, fresh blood on their mouths flashing their red and white teeth at me.
I looked at Gelert and he looked at me, with a whistle I looked at the wolves... Gelert ran in and bit one of the alphas around the neck! I soon followed him with a roar, trying to bring a dagger onto the wolves head. I heard a yelp and turned my head, my hound was bitten by one the wolves and then shaken down the hill, he returned to my side as the wolves circled me...
Suddenly two of the wolves dashed up the hill behind me and started barking and growling, I turned my head to look at them.. When I turned an alpha went for my leg and bit below my knee.. When he bit me I kicked my leg forward with pain, it sent him backwards landing onto his back..he took in a few deep breathes before receiving a bite from Gelert to finish him off... As soon as he was dealt with I turned and pulled a dagger from my boot. I threw it with all my strength and it hit one of the wolves right between the eyes...after seeing one of his kind die, the one next to it soon ran.
Three wolves down... Three left... I told my hound to see to the two small ones barking and growling... He chased and bit them causing them pain before he delivered to one, a bite to the neck, dropping it dead.. He then chased the other wolf while I dealt with the last and biggest alpha wolf...
The wolf ha danger in its eyes from seeing its kind die before it's eyes... It growled and flashed his teeth at me.. I stood there brave and tall... He clawed at me, ripping my fur clothes and cutting deep into my skin... I saw it going to jump, I stood to my feet and caught it when it hit me. I tried to use my spare hand to shut its mouth but instead it bit at my head and dragged its teeth along my face... What came next was the worst.
I held it too close to me and it bit into my neck, not letting go it shook its head, causing more damage... I pulled a dagger out of my boot and pushed it into the back of its neck, causing it to slowly die... It still kept a grip on my neck, shaking more furiously... Blood poured from it. Not once in my life had I experienced that pain. I fell to the ground with it on top of me... Thankfully Gelert had shown the smaller wolf and came towards me as I let out a roar in pain... He bit the wolves neck and caused him to die, the wolf did not move from my neck but clenched its jaw... It was stuck on my neck, dead... Pulling it out would cause me death..
I stood up, shaking... I started to head down the hill, my knees weak.. They gave in and I fell down the side of a bank, I hit and scraped my head across the stone... It all went black and then it went strange...
I awoke on a bed of warm hay, on the top of a hill, sun shining and blue skies... I loomed around and saw this man, an bird perched on his staff. He nodded to me and spoke, his voice echoed in my head but it sounded like he was shouting it.. He asked me who I was and what my story was. I told him.. "My name is Kalf! I got attacked by wolves!"
The man himself was wearing robes of white and brown fur, a white beard and white hair underneath an old leather hat. His teeth were yellow and some were missing, he held an old staff made of wood with a bird perched on top. He looked me up and down, thought on his face. He then spoke. "Let's look at these injuries..." He snapped his fingers and they reappeared.
Blood was coming from them, but no pain was to be felt.. His neck opened again and he looked at it. He did not speak for a while, he was thinking deeply. He then spoke again and for the final time.. "Hmm.. Return with a better tale...then we shall see your fate.." With this he tapped me on the head with his staff, I fell down and everything went black again... I then woke, pain flowing back through my body, the wolf once again on top of me.. I myself let out a howl... For a reason I do not know, I thought that you all would hear it and come to look for me....
The next time I woke was when I was found...I opened an eye after hearing some footsteps. Soon aftercare a familiar voice, the voice of Kenaz. She told me not to worry, I nodded slightly and put my head back, breathing through my teeth at the pain.. I heard the noise of blade meeting bone and tried to sit up, thinking Kenaz is cutting my neck instead of the wolves... When I tried to sit up, I was soon met by a hand of her, keeping my pinned to the floor... After a while I felt a great weight lifted from my body, the wolves body was off, just the head left around my neck...
Throughout all of this, I was told to talk to take my mind off the pain.. I told her of what happened and the man I met, soon I tried to get to my feet, with some help I managed to make if to the camp, falling a few times on the way there. Kenaz has learnt some healing tips when she was in Bree-land by the looks of things, all I have learnt is how to escape from cages! After a while I decided to look around the hills near the camp...
When I returned I saw Wunjo, Uruz and the bear woman fishing... I walked to them, well limped.. When they saw me they looked at the wolf head in shock... I tried to help them fish but I just kept falling in... I was told to head back to the camp... When they arrived they had with them three fish.. I told them of what happened... Wunjo pulled out a knife and Uruz kept me still, I did not know what was going on. I heard a hacking noise then I heard a sawing noise... I remained still, knowing that if I moved, Uruz would crush me... After my tale ended the wolf head was off, now there remains the teeth of it, keeping me alive...
Shortly after that I fell asleep, to wake up and head to the river myself... There it went black and I fell asleep again, half in the water...
