There was a howl not far from where Kassander had camped out at. He had been sorting through some recently gathered herbs in the medicinal den and his own private den (since he sleeps with the herbs) so he figured he could finish placing the goldenrod before turning to leave the den and rush to the call that was unmistakably Ash. The man above him had disappeared which had bumped Kassander up to the second rank. That was bad for Kass because he did not like power. He liked being around the middle of the pack and part of him wished he was challenged though he knew he would end up giving them a fair fight anyways. He just didn't like being near the top because of his almost always rather timid nature.

He arrived to discover that he had been the first wolf to answer the call and so his tail would tuck and he would bow in greeting to the man. "Privet Esh." He would greet in his native tongue which he would translate to "Greetings Ash." As he realized he had spoke in Russian again, a bad habit he had. He had picked up on English and he was getting fairly good at it too. He dared say he was almost fluent in it even thought that was far from true. He knew the words he needed to know for everyday speech and then the respectful titles like leader or second but apart from that he saw the rest as unnecessary. He would settle down on his haunches as he awaited the rest to arrive.

The call resounded across the terrain -- one he was still trying to familiarize himself with. He did not recognize the voice, but it would take a true idiot to not be able to tell authority when it was so blatantly flaunted. His limbs made quick work, his figure skirting past foliage as he manoeuvred his way to the sound. He hadn't met many of his comrades, and so the meeting at least would offer him the opportunity to place a face to a scent.. and if he was lucky, a name.

Others had arrived before him. His pace slowed as he came closer, his figure dropping lower in submission to his leaders as he swept past them. Narime stood beside a tall man -- as silver as her pelt gleamed, his burned of fire, unlike Nios' own simplistic pelt of ebony.

His yellow eyes shifted from the two, turning to study the wolves that had already assembled. He made no motion to greet them, his own desire to 'get the show on the road' so to speak stirring him forward to settle down to a sit. Narime was the only one he had truly met here thus far, though even then he could say he knew almost nothing about her. Whether or not he was going to remedy his situation of being a stranger among those he should have been companion to, the Tainn was undecided and, in truth, indifferent to it. Copper Rock Creek still called to him, and inhaling sharply, his mind would wander to the secluded paradise that was his birth pack.. waiting for the meeting to officially start.

With a sigh Titan began padding towards the location where many of his pack mates had already gathered. In no rush the boy eventually found himself approaching the gathering group of cavern wolves. Their scents intermingled with each other despite each being somewhat different. However individual wolf smells were still identifiable. As he padded closer Titan could recognize Ash, his mother Narime, his brother Yuka, and Kassander's cloying scent mixed with herbs. However there were a few new smells that the dark Thorben did not recognize. Two female scents were completely new to him and one musty male scent. Quietly Titan wondered where @Rook , Athena, Dziban, and the other she wolf he knew of but hadn't officially met yet.

Picking up his eyes to look at the canines gathered Titan quickly picked out the wolves he didn't know. A gray, cream, and red she wolf, a pure black young adult male, and a mottled black, brown, and gray speckled older female. Glancing suspiciously towards them Titan veered towards his mother, Ash, and Yuka greeting them with customary nose touching, licks, or gentle rubs under the chin. Then he sat near Kassander giving the healer a haughty greeting nudge to his shoulder with Titan's massive head. Once there Titan settled down comfortably and waited for other pack mates to arrive, or for the meeting to start.

There were many things running through her mind as Narime traveled silently alongside Ash. Her initial anger towards him was wiped clean after they had talked things out, and now the woman felt that many things should be shared with the pack. The leaders shouldn't be the only ones in the know and Nari knew that most of her pack had no idea about the tensions rising around their little kingdom.

Once they were well within the territory Ash raised his head releasing a powerful call to gather their family. Nari heaved a sigh as she watched him then sat herself down beside the Hervok to wait for her pack mates arrival.

Kassander arrived quickly after the call. The silver wolf smiled warmly towards him and nodded curtly in greeting while she waited for the others. Namid came next followed closely by the silver hunter's son Yuka. She accepted their greetings while resisting the urge to lick Yuka's crown and ears. Instead the silver wolf let her son have his space and distracted herself by looking for other pack mates.

Silver came next followed by Nios. Nari smiled warmly and accepted their greetings before giving them small licks and gestures of hello. The woman was glad to have both wolves show so quickly, along with the others. They had already stuck around longer than most of the wolves Ash and Narime had accepted in the past.

Titan came then at a leisurely pace. This didn't bother Nari too much since he had just come from a long journey to the north just days ago. Reaching forward to give him a quick lick to his ear, Nari greeting her dark son then glanced around for the remaining wolves who were not there quite yet. She knew that Danica would be within the cave keeping off her injury, but Nari was sure someone would catch her up on the news. However a few others had not shown yet.