Carpathia

C A R P A T H I A.

"Do not be deceived, for plants and wind can cover up quite a scene."
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L O R E.

It was a rather sunny day, and Carpathia was training alongside her sister-in-arms, Ehecatl. Enemies that took inexperienced dragons minutes to kill took them a matter of, say, 30s. The two decided that, WOW, this place was far too easy for us to train in and earn anything. They went to the clan leader, Teru, who as the god of prosperity, gave them permission to leave for the wind flight as long as they returned with enough food to feed the clan for a moon. They agreed to the terms, leaving with a few bags for the bounty. They emerged upon the Zephyr Steps, a breeze flowing through their wings as they landed next to some bamboo. Carpathia broke off a few pieces, handing one to Ehecatl.
"We are going to need some kind of disguise for this trip, if we want to stand a chance at deceiving the nearby enemies. Let's go, we need to find a clan willing to let us use their training grounds.” The pair left, soon finding a clan led by a Fae named Orange. Carpathia had to crouch down and let the fae up by her ear in order to talk to them and ask if they could allow them to train on the nearby empty grounds. The fae replied, in its little monotone voice,
“Of course. We need help with them anyways, may the song of the wind bless you in your battles.” The fae said, hopping off and flying away.
“Soooo what did she say?” Chirped Ehecatl, coming up next to Carpathia.
“We got the ok. Let's go.” Carpathia said, walking away in a crouched position.
About half an hour later, they came across their first enemy. An easy kill, followed by other easy ones and even a few scythe kamaitachi too. One of them dropped their claws, which Ehecatl took happily.
“Look, Carpathia! A kamaitachi dropping its claws is a sign of good luck in my book.” Ehecatl chirped.
“Well, it's not in mine. Those things are pokey, sharp, and heavy!” Carpathia replied. “I'm telling you, we gotta get rid of those things.” She motioned toward the claws in Ehecatl's arms. Ehecatl shushed her, and pounced away at the sight of a large enemy. Carpathia followed. “Wait up! We agreed that you wouldn't go running o-” She was stopped mid sentence by what laid before her. A crowned roc, snarling at the two dragons. The two dragons engaged, both in battle with the roc and in bicker with each other. Both began to blame each other for the appearance of the roc, until Ehecatl paused to make a point to Carpathia. The roc knocked Ehecatl down with a gust slash, throwing her into nearby bamboo, and a crack could be heard. Carpathia ran over to her friend and quickly looted the scythe kamaitachi claws from her bag, and attacked the Roc to lead it away from Ehecatl. With a scree, the roc flew away to find a less motivated prey, and Carpathia rushed to her friend, the bamboo strapped to her rattling against its comrades as Carpathia checked to make sure Ehecatl was still alive. She could hear a faint beat, and her chest was indeed moving up and down. She threw a quick thank to tidelord that she was alive and began to drag Ehecatl back to the clan led by - what was her name? - Orange to get a healer. She heard a light exhale behind her, and slowly dropped Ehecatl to look at her.
“Ehecatl?” She whispered, a mixture of excitement and dread making her want to throw up. She checked her pulse, and let out a small gasp of her own when she found none. A small sob escaped her, and she half ran half flew the rest of the way to get a healer. Maybe she wasn't gone just yet. Maybe there was time.
“Im sorry, but theres nothing we can do. May the wind carry her soul home.”