484 - The Beginning
For the better part of the last two days, Mattius, along with Terrwyn, had been roaming the woods on the edges of Imbur. Their knights had travelled to the village from their nearby county patrols when they had heard of the large creature that apparently roamed the forest. Seeing it as their duty to rid the settlement of the beast, they had set about hunting for it, which so far, hadn't been successful, for the least. Having no success, they had split into two groups, Mattius finding himself paired with his fellow squire. He had known Terrwyn, previously, but had never exactly spent any time in her company, and so far, he had found the experience enjoyable. Her family hailed from lands he wasn't extremely familiar with, and her brief upbringing on the shores of Brittany intrigued him. He had never left the southern counties of Logres, and simply the idea of crossing the seas for distant shores sounded appealing. New places to see and take in. Unfamiliar sights to learn and appreciate. He was in love with the idea. The only travel he had ever done was through what few tomes his family had gathered.
Mattius was a young man who knew all too well who and what he was; and a proficient hunter was not one of those things. Until his brother's death, his knightly aspirations had been entirely none existent. He had hoped that, with Decius knighting and inheritance of Barford, he could move to AMESBURY ABBEY to continue his studies. But faith, and the Saxons, had decided otherwise for him.
Having done their best to track what was supposedly a bear for the better part of the day, Mattius had asked for a brief reprieve, his constitution failing him, and then, set about making a small campfire to change their meager rations into something more palatable. Still, there wasn't much to be done with salted meat and what herbs grew in the forest.
“Far from me to want to pry, and please excuse me for asking,” said Mattius, crouched by the fire and doing his best to stoke it into being “but I am curious. I've heard you were brought in Brittany. I have read few accounts of those shores; how are the people there?”
OOC: For what it's worth, this illustrates Mattius' flaws ;)
12:52, Today: Mattius Helvius Aquilius rolled 16 using 1d20. Hunting (2).
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