Re: Intro Kris Dragonword
The smell of decay and the stench of fecal matter no longer made Kris's nose wrinkle in distaste as it used to do. Jumping down into the sewers, he landed neatly on a walkway with a dull thud, his dark boots, worn almost into uselessness, actually absorbing some of the impact from his landing. He ended up in a crouch, forest green eyes taking the time to carefully study his surroundings. He had mapped down most places between here and Solamnia rather effectively and those maps would prove to come in handy someday. This place was no different--sewers were an invaluable escape route for most cities and Pashin was no different. If people found out what he really was, it was rather likely that he would be hunted, and if it came down to that he would be ready to run. There was no way as a knight he could bring himself to fight good people.
Standing back up straight, the man in his early twenties reaching up and ran his right hand through his scraggly dark hair in order to smooth it back so he could see once more since it had flown about from his landing. It seemed there were several different passageways--he would have to take care not to get lost. Having been in situations like these before, the former Solamnic Knight was prepared for it. Reaching into his backpack, he pulled out a piece of chalk and walked to the wall near the corner of the rightmost tunnel and made a circle about three inches in diameter with the white material. This was to indication that he was taking this tunnel. Every time it forked, he would choose a path and indicate that with a circle similarly drawn in that fashion. If it ended up leading to a dead end, he would retrace his steps to the circle before that path and draw an X squarely in the center. Every time he met a dead end, he would also catch up on his mapmaking, drawing some quick, rough sketches with his inkpen and parchment.
It wouldn't do to forget all this information, after all.
Just jumping the gullies that Kris has to with a running start.