In a grand hall filled with people wearing armor and wielding weapons of different types a man in grey walked through the doors, they paid him no mind and simply continued conversing with one another. There were rows of seats and chairs, posters and fliers on boards in the hall for too many to count.
He approached a robed man in elegant robes, standing at a grand desk with mystical artifacts. The robed man looked up, his eyes sharp and accessing. He gave a slight nod acknowledging the newcomer's arrival.
"Blood and Name", the robed man requested. He brought a paper and a knife. The man in grey picked up the knife and cut his index finger which caused blood to drip. The man in grey used the blood to spell something on the paper. The blood on the paper glowed a golden color; later the robed man took it and gave the man in grey a carved rectangular metallic token.
"Wait with the others", the robed man said. The man in grey left and found a seat devoid of people and sat on it. On closer look, you would notice that the man in grey was wearing a grey coat with a hood, a black undershirt, and black boots. The man in grey had no weapons and wasn't wearing armor except for the fingerless gauntlets in his hands having a gradient of both black and grey.
Sitting there for a while the man in grey was approached by others. "Hey, you must be new here. My Team and I are looking for a new member, mind telling us what you can do?" a man in red armor asked the man in grey.
The man in grey looked at the armored man for a moment and turned away, not paying him much attention. "You can at least say no" the armored man mumbled leaving the man in grey alone.
Hours passed and everyone in the room was led into a staircase by people in hoods. The staircase was made of stone and its walls seemed cave-like the only light source was a man in a hood producing fire with his palms, he seemed to be a mage.
They had finally exited the stairs and entered what looked to be a cave. In the cave, there were stones that glowed a dim blue and there were more people in hoods. There were symbols in a wall that formed into a circle with mages seen altering it and people with weapons guarding them as they did.
The people who were once in the room above were all lined up in rows. They were conversing with each other but not as loudly as they did in the hall. They tried whispering but the echoes made it inefficient.
A woman with red hair stood in front of all of them accompanied by the ones in robes they all stood behind her. She began to speak.
"Welcome fellow travelers. For those of you who are new here, let me explain what is happening. Years ago our mages were found to cross between worlds."
"A remarkable achievement. In these worlds are unknown beasts and resources that can greatly benefit the Kingdom of Pyros, So we send people like you, those willing to risk their lives to find riches and adventures in these unexplored worlds. "
"Whatever you find and manage will be brought back and shared between yourself and the kingdom depending on its value. I also advise forming groups as I have mentioned earlier these worlds have beasts many of which we are just learning of so don't think you can do this all on your own that's foolishness and a ticket to an early grave.", the red-haired woman said
She then brought out a piece of metal and raised it above her head for everyone to see. "I believe you all have these," the red-haired woman said. It was similar to the token given to the man in grey he recognized it.
"Think of this as your key, ticket, north star, and lifeline. When you enter that world we have no idea where you'll end up. If you'll end up in the same place or even the same world isn't always certain"
"This magic is new so when you get to those worlds use this. It shows you a blue line only the owner of the token can see leading a way home. We've opened many portals leaving symbols like the ones you see on this wall in those walls and they could be anywhere"
"The token guides you to the symbols and notifies us, making us open a portal from our side making it possible to come home"
"Do not lose yours if you do you're stranded in one of those worlds with no chance of coming back and you can't use another traveler's token to open a portal so forget about it" the red-haired woman said.
Hearing this a lot of the new travelers clung tightly to their tokens, especially the gray coat man in grey
"Some of you may be thinking there will be signs of human life but unfortunately or fortunately we have found none. We have only found destroyed architecture and technology indicating that there was once life in some of these worlds but that it all and lastly for those who have decided to team up when passing through the portal body contact has a high possibility of sending you all to the same area that is all" the red woman
She looked at the robes that were altering the symbols. They stopped, began chanting words and the symbols on the wall began lighting up one by one until a portal appeared under the symbols.
People started forming groups but not the man in grey. He simply stood there, some tried approaching him but he gave each of them a glare which scared them off.
He took a deep sigh. "Well, months of training have led me to this. Let's hope your crazy plan works Lycan" the man in grey said
Standing in the portal the blue light illuminated the gray coat man's face revealing a dark brown-skinned man with short curly curly hair with grey eyes. It was Fenris.
"Here I go," Fenris said as he walked into the portal.
A Few Months Ago
"Have you ever heard of an Alpha werewolf?", Lycan asked. "An Alpha werewolf isn't that what you are, a pack leader right?" Fenris asked. "Not quite, let's try something else ever heard about how a werewolf bite can turn a human into a werewolf", Lycan said.
Fenris scoffed at hearing such a question from Lycan. "I didn't expect you to ask me about myths" "What are you going to ask me next how we burn when we touch silver" Fenris asked mockingly.
"Just answer the question", Lycan said. "Yeah, I've heard of it and I've heard of it and it's a myth. I've bitten my share of humans and not one got our sharp teeth, claws, or started growing fur", Fenris answered.
"Well, what if I told you that wasn't such a myth" Lycan asked. "What if you just answered my questions instead of just asking your own", Fenris replied. This made Lycan furrow his brows a little.
"What ?" Fenris asked, "It was annoying just tell me where you're going with this, and enough of these guessing games I've never been really good at them".
Lycan took a deep breath. "Fine, Long ago before the great cleansing we werewolves had something called alphas"
"They were werewolves like us and at the same time not. They were faster, stronger and being near an Alpha would make the pack more powerful than they ever would be alone one more thing they could turn humans into werewolves with a bite" Lycan answered
Fenris knew what Lycan meant by 'the great cleanse' Five hundred years ago humans all over decided to band together to rid the world of all werewolves, so began the creation of the hunter's guild. They worked globally meaning they could freely cross borders without restrictions.
They were bases located in the five great countries: Pyros, Aqua, Terra, Zephyr, and Voltana. Although they all worked together there was competition between them of course it was human nature to prove they were superior to everyone and to fear and hate things they knew they weren't superior to and nothing brings people together more than hate.
Fenris knew of the great cleansing he had heard it from buck who was told by his family, Fenris thought Buck was at least fortunate to remember his family even if he did lose them at a young age. He knew of the great cleanse of nothing of this Alpha nonsense which Lycan was talking about which caused him to say nothing.
"You don't believe me do you?," Lycan asked. "Not Really. No" Fenris replied. "If these so called Alphas exist where are they and how did they disappear"
"That's what everyone here is trying to find out. We believe.. Well I believe that there was a ritual that could make a werewolf into an Alpha it was most likely destroyed during the great cleanse but there might be a way to bring it back and I need everyone's help here to do it" Lycan said