HELLBENT | DOVAH NEEDED/JOINING?

[Sorrel]

⸺ HIRCINE ⸺

Lost in the sound

He was stressed. When wasn't he stressed? Trying to take care of a brother that managed to get himself into trouble constantly would do that to anyone. He had made a vow a long time ago that he would protect his brother with his life. With their parents gone and them on their own, they only had each other to rely on. Hircine knew his brother like the back of his claw, and he wondered what made him think that it would be okay for him to just let the other by himself while he went off to go do something. Hircine must have been far too distracted, and it was because of that negligence that his brother could be injured. Or worse, dead. He wouldn't be able to forgive himself if that was the case. Both of the brothers had been through a lot together. They mostly stuck to themselves, not really much toward the groups that existed in the area. Hircine had always been the older brother that tried to show Dovah the ropes. However, it was always hard for Dovah to grasp the basics no matter how much Hircine had taught him. This didn't mean that he was going to give up on his brother. He had confidence that Dovah would be able to take care of himself at some point. That thought though terrified him. It made him feel as if he would no longer be needed by his brother and that he would be left alone. Hircine didn't have any other companions other than his brother. After all, his cold demeanor usually drove off anyone that encountered him. Not that he was complaining, as that demeanor had saved their asses more than once when approached by creatures that wanted to mess with them.

Despite the two brothers looking completely different, they were indeed related by blood. Hircine also used to be a domestic cat, one that was very similar to the coloration of his brother. As time went on while they were younger, Hircine had been granted the ability to use certain powers. It had been frightening at first, to wake up as a completely different creature with, his own family treating him like a threat before he explained himself. He wasn't even sure if his parents or even Dovah for that matter had any powers. He mostly used his powers to protect himself and others in self-defense. Hircine didn't overuse his powers as they did cause him a little bit of exhaustion, and even to this day, he was concentrating on keeping them in control. With no one to teach him how to harness his powers, he was forced to teach himself. The massive griffin learned a few tricks and his limits, but he wouldn't necessarily call his use of powers fancy and imaginative. That was mostly Dovah's field as he wasn't all that creative himself. After all, he had to focus on practical issues and the means of survival every day. Usually, it was easy to keep Dovah safe. The domestic cat simply rode on his back, meaning that creatures would have to go through him to get to his younger brother. He would find him. No matter what. It was his duty.

The owl wings that spread from the snow leopard griffin were shaped like that of an owl. This meant that it was almost impossible to hear him in the skies unless someone was using a type of power to find him. He hovered well above a forest, having followed Dovah's tracks in this direction. Scents didn't travel this far up into the air, so he was mostly using his enhanced vision to look for movement or any sign of his brother. He had to have gone this way, as it was a straight shot toward the ocean, leaving him nowhere else to go. His clawed forelimbs flexed as he looked down on the ground. Hircine was certainly a sight to behold. His body consisted of whites and blacks, a mixture of a snowy owl and snow leopard, with the regular head of a griffin and not one of an owl. He sported a long fluffy tail that helped him balance but didn't really help him all that much when to comes to fighting in the air. Ever since he was transformed into this mythical creature he had never managed to turn back. It had been a couple of years getting used to the new body, and he hoped one day that he might even return back to himself. Finally, seeing a clearing in the forest, well beyond the Palmclan border, Hircine folded his wings as he dived toward the ground. The griffin didn't take long as his 600lb body hit the ground somewhat hard. His bones took the impact, and it wasn't hard enough to sound like he was crashing. Dovah had to be nearby, and if he wasn't Hircine wasn't sure where to look next. He folded his wings around his body, and as soon as his paws touched the ground ice began to form around them. His breathing was fast as his vibrant yellow eyes looked around the forest, his long snow leopard tail lashing. Inhaling deeply, his wings slightly moved away from his body as his anger continued to rise in intensity. "DOVAH!" Hircine yelled, his voice booming through the forest. He was going to kill his brother. He was also going to hug his brother after giving him a stern talking to in making him go on a wild goose chase.

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