7 Yon

This morning he did not feel that well while waking up, last night's dream took a toll on his mind, he was on edge today, it was strange to be on another creature's body, he knew that the First Men had the talent for warging even though it was rare, just one in a thousand had the ability, and one in a thousand wargs had the gift of Greensight, which was seeing through time and space inside the Weirwood Trees.

He should approach Petal about this topic, she would know how to help him perfect this gift, as he had the talent, at first it will be his main focus. Even if compared to other magical abilities it was less flashy it could be useful nonetheless.

Outside most people were already awake, so Helder commanded them to lift camp and begin marching. They were halfway to Banefort still and he wanted to get there as soon as possible after all some of his men were injured, and needed more specialized care, because even if their injuries were not that bad, they could get infect at any time, and his ships were waiting for him too, they did not have any sailors here so he could not bring them away, and probably there were ironborn guarding them. Due to their lack of manpower neither could set sail, the ironborn probably will wait sometime for their comrades to come back, which will never happen

From what he remembered the Petty Kingdom did not have a navy, only some trading vessels and fishing ships, these longships could be the start of their naval industry if used well.

As their journey progressed through the muddy roads Helder could not help but think about their current infrastructure, it was horrendous and extremely unsafe, something to correct once he had enough power and standing to.

Petal was hidden watching the princeling, wondering what was passing through his mind. Today she planned to start teaching him the ancient art of the children's magic.

Helder felt that he was being watched so he said "I know you are there, come out already".

Some leaves fluttered and the green creature came out, bearing an embarrassed smile after being discovered, the man did not seem to mind that much, but if he could sense her she had to avoid sneaking around him that much, lest it be interpreted the wrong way.

Helder looked her way and said, "I need your help with something, I've been having dreams, not normal ones, the ones in which I inhabit another creature's body".

The child looked at him with a little surprise, and replied "So you have talent for warging, at least we have somewhere to start, wait for a moment, I will bring something for you to commence your practice". After this she bolted away into the forest and vanished.

The princeling could not help but wonder what she would bring for him, but unfortunately he could only wait, shaking his head as he continued marching with his people.

Lark, the scout among Helder's officers looked bewildered seeing his Prince interaction with the child of the forest, 'What a strange thing, I have to keep an eye open, lest it hurt the man'

He approached Prince Helder and said, "My prince, everything's in order within our caravan, with our pace if we don't stop we can reach Banefort by dawn".

Helder was pleased, he did not order the man to observe and report, but since he did so on his own his initiative should be rewarded with his recognition. So the prince looked at the man and said, "Very well Lark, anything out of the ordinary you report to me, now go and inform the people that today we will not stop for longer than necessary, I want to reach Banefort as soon as possible.

The man went away to do his bidding and once again he was left to his thoughts.

The day passed quickly and it was evening, some men had gone out in the forest to hunt their group significantly grew up, and they did not have supplies for everyone, this time their haul was good, they managed to bring two boars, which were skillfully quartered and cooked by Tylan, one of Helder's officers.

After distributing to everyone the meal was not big, but it was enough to give some energy to continue.

As Helder was eating Petal approached once more, this time with a baby bird in her hands, feeling her prince curiosity she spoke, "This is your tool to improve your warg abilities, this bird here is a hawk, I took liberty here to name it Yon, which mean fourth in our language". She then proceeded to explain how this bird would help him.

"See, I used a ritual to make him better than his peers, using some of his kind lifeblood to make him special, he will grow faster than usual and have better sight and strength, but getting to the point. I clipped his wings, so your role is to watch and feed him, you will not leave it's side so through this your bond can strengthen, everything else will come naturally, following this route your mental strength will develop enough to control other creatures, stronger ones, all thanks to this little bird."

Helder did not know by which way wargs got stronger, so he took her words as truth, after the oath she was obliged to help. So he took the bird from her and inspected it.

Although its wings were clipped they would grow back, and if what she said was true it would not take long. Helder took the bird in one hand and started feeding him pieces of his boar meat, which the little bird accepted right away, and after it was properly fed, Helder put the chick in his shoulder like a parrot, it seems he has a new companion.