Garmir had struggled to find route over the mountains during previous day, being forced to alter his course more than once and retrace his own steps to find suitable path. He had crossed the mountain range south from mountain of Dire, finding semi passable route through it. He doupted Triell might have crossed the same way, if at all. He had tried to seek body up along the way as far as he could predict @Triell 's route but so far he had not found anything that would have indicated death of his lord. If he had died, then he must have died somewhere else... or someone had buried him proper. Knowing that was the option he had been trying to establish contacts with locals and also chose to cross the mountains in order to find anyone or anything that could help him in his task.

While Garmir was primarily seeking for Triell, he was still interested in mapping the greater area of Relic Lore, adopting it as his secondary task. He had no hurry to return as of yet - @Treyah should not be expecting him for another two weeks. . He knew wildwood and western side of the mountains fairly well by now, but eastern parts were unknown to him.

Having finally done the crossing, Garmir eventually found himself in what was known as an Spectral Woods. The forest had little different spirit to wildwood, but he found it generarly pleasant and calming, allowing the lone scout for first time take it easy after long and enduring crossing. Not knowing the area, the earthen male chose to follow the water bodies, such as creeks and rivers that he could use as an landmarks for later.

First sign of trouble showed up roughly midway to his journey into the woods, Garmir not counting on coyote threat to be a thing this far away from home. This was bit of a shock and cause for concern, coyotes apparantly having infested larger areas of Relic lore than what he had originally thought. They gave the earthen male a chase, making Garmir to abandon his original route of following one particular river and instead forcing him to take shelter from deeper parts of the Specral Woods. This did not discourage him, even if it presented significant obstacle. He thought about seeking help, remembering that Tainns supposedly had friends east of the mountains - only he did not know where to look.

The day was already turning into evening when Garmir came across another water body, choosing to follow it. This was the cold water creek south west from Oak Tree Bend and Garmir's first clue of foreign pack in these lands. He found old, very faint scent trail and begin to follow it, reaching the very borders of what was the Oak Tree Bend just before the sunset. By the time Garmir arrhived, he was already exhausted. He only hoped, almost begged the spirits that these wolves were friendly enough. He'd rather not be chased by his own kind after already being chased by coyotes.

He settled down, almost slumping and after taking a moment to catch his breath - raised his muzzle to make a short but clear howl, calling for whomever owned this piece of land. He wasn't very representitive, but he was too exhausted to care at this point, having ran and kept fast pace throughout the day.

Scout demostration 1/3

Garmir took few deep breaths and then cleared his throat. He straightened to be more representitive, but kept his tail limp behind him and his ears pointing more to the sides than straight ahead. He did not want to pose imposing, his already scarred form and often stern look giving enough of that. The wolf whom had come to greet him was not least outright hostile, making a question rather than demand to leave post heist. Garmir replied to question with a question;"Whhh... which pack is this?"

As it often was, Garmir barely thought of his words until after he had spoken them. His question sounded a little hasty, almost as if there might had been imminent threat looming around or matter that required immidiet addressing. He allowed his muzzle to drop a little, Garmir trying to steady his breathing for sake of their conversation.

Only now did he moved his eyes around the stranger, noting his pose and overall look. In fact... it was quite similar to Garmir leave the scars and.. perhaps size. The earthen male was bigger, though not decisively so. Both males even had green eyes which became apparent as Garmir turned his gaze directly at him. A huff, then tiniest of smile, Garmir bowing his head down but never taking his gaze away. "Ahh.. hahh.. Im sorry. Should introduce myself first. I am Garmir."

((Scout demo2/3 ))

Another wolf arrhived, this was apparantly higher ranked than the one before. Garmir knew he should have tried to represent his pack a little better but he was quite exhausted at the moment to produce overly cordial greethings. He gave Serach A simple nod while still catching his breath. The male introduced himself as well as the pack Garmir had arrhived to. The earthen male had to admit the man had really good nose, being able to pick up Treyah and Sahalie off his fur so easily. A relieved laugh came out. He had come to right place.

"Ahhaha... Yes. Treyah is my leader. She is alpha female of Charred Ash Draw. Sahalie... hmm... is visiting. She has a child so they are taking shelter for now. I am the pack scout." Garmir straightened up some - to seem more representitive and then took few careful steps towards Serach, remembering to maintain respectable posture. His nose extended further and he now inhaled in turn. There was less of a surprise and more of an disappointment in his eyes over what he could pick. He already knew the answer but he wanted to be sure. "..Triell is not here.. Isn't he?"

Scout demostration 3/3

Garmir's question seemed to wake lenghtly, uncomfortable silence from the pack leader. He could not claim to be best one at reading emotions due to lacking several himself but there was clear sense of anger coming out of the lead male - although propably not quite directed at him.

The scout's gaze shifted around as the silence grew even longer. Garmir wasn't sure what to say or do from here on, instead opting to idly paw the ground and just politely wait for answer. Finally came firm 'No' and something else as well. Garmir had been wholly unaware that @Triell might have not had best relationship with this pack - or least some members of it, and it almost struck him in turn, the earthen male having used to hearing nothing but praise towards the old man. He wanted to inquire more, but Serach changed the topic before he could do so.

"She's faced plenty of hardship, but there is some light in the horizon." -Garmir replied in turn. A cryptic answer with a tone that sounded almost devoted to her. "Treyah has been my lead through my entire time with the pack, since late last year. Not sure when she.. was forced to take leadership exactly."