Aviea a world once vibrant and full of life. Now wasting away as the Rot brought into the world by a renegade mage Voron Vamenor who failed to become a god. Only to poison the world he once sought to control. The Rot and its advance have led to countless deaths of all life on Aviea. Even the flora and the oceans are dying. It seemed after three years of unrestrained drive, most of Aviea was rendered inhabitable, and the survivors banded together under the Aviean Coalition. Though many solutions were brought up to how to save their home. None proved to be viable, and when the people started to lost hope. A human scholar by the name of Garth Redwood discovered a way to save everyone. But, instead of saving Aviea from the Rot, his plan was to leave Aviea and travel to a new world. Using what he learned from studying ancient texts, Garth thought that with enough time and resources. He could build a portal to another world, without any other options and after seeing the possibility that it could work. The Coalition focused all its efforts on building this portal. Which after months of work, it was completed and when it was first used. It worked, and it revealed that a fertile world was on the other side. The Coalition named this new world Ehiri and sent teams and supplies to the other side. To establish a base camp and a portal on the other side.
Despite the warnings of some in the Coalition, a settlement was founded near the base camp with settlers coming in limited numbers while the river valley they now lived in was still unexplored. To remedy this, the Coalition created the Pathfinders, a recon group whose goals are three things. Exploring, cataloging, and identifying threats of this new world. Under the leadership of Kaltidir Zornaar, a Dragonborn hunter. The Pathfinders are about to undergo their first expedition. Who knows what awaits them in this new world but, much is at stake. This is the only chance the Avieans have of salvation and Kaltidir to going to make sure that this world becomes their new home.
0 A.A, Aviean Valley, Coalition Base Camp, Kaltidir Zornaar
This place feels like home. The calming breeze, the sun casting a gentle ray of light down from the middle of the sky. More trees, though, a lot more trees. A sign that the settlement will have plenty of wood for making the houses and the wall. If they actually listen and do not leave New Cahann unprotected. Fools think that just because they have not encountered anything hostile yet that New Cahann and the valley are safe. Despite the fact that the valley is still largely unexplored and it is a big one. There is bound to be something living in this valley that does not take kindly to their presence. The Council should not have let settlers come through so early. It has barely been a week since the base camp, and their side of the portal was already established. They are getting people and even some livestock through. Too early to risk the lives of civilians before a single expedition had been launched. But, that is something out of his hands despite how much he is against it. Still just means that he must go through about comping the valley for anything dangerous once he gets done with this paperwork, that is.
Kaltidir was busy going through the annoying part of his job as leader of the Pathfinders. Paperwork, going over supplies, new recruits, and other assorted details that needed his approval or inspection. Truly boring but critical work. Just like it was back when he was leading the Crimson Slayers. Spending more time at the keep than going out on hunts. Which it is odd to him that now leading the Pathfinders that he can be in the field more than he could with the Slayers. All it took was the end of the world. Kaltidir sighed at the thought. At least he knows there will be people here that he can trust.
Though the Slayers are gone, most of their members joined the Pathfinders alongside him. He even managed to get one to be his second, a female Dalish elf named Amra Leovaris. An agile fighter of the Slayers and one that Kaltidir had the pleasure of fighting with and getting to know. Having her by his side is a boon for his confidence. Knowing that she is capable and a good friend. Something in short supply after the Rot took so many lives and most of his family. Kaltidir's hands closed and shook with sad anger at the thought. So many lives gone and their home as well. This is their only chance to survive, and Kaltidir is not going to waste this chance. This world, Ehiri, will be their new home, no matter what.
Once he took the time to relax and when he was finally done with his paperwork. Kaltidir promoted, got up from his desk, handed the paperwork to his assistant, who was a male brown hair elf, and left his rather big command tent. Stopping just short of the entrance to the tent and got a good look at the camp. Busy is the word to describe the state of the base camp. A Moving supplies, gear, personal throughout the large camp. As it should be, the first expedition is going to be soon, and Kaltidir wants everything to be ready and squared away before it starts.
As he was about to take a step, the familiar sound of the portal was starting up. Kaltidir turned to face the portal that was located in the middle of the camp. A large circular gate made out of enchanted stone that gave it a blue hue. With a rune on top of the gate, which started to glow. Blue energy started to form in the middle and expanded to cover the whole empty space in the gate. Soon enough, a group came through the portal, and instead of settlers, Pathfinder recruits or supplies. It was a group of people that were transporting what looked like animals in cages. Not livestock, no but wild animals. Kaltidi could not help but smirk at the sight.
The Wild Initiative, when the Coalition means that they are trying to save everyone. They meant everyone, including any wild animal or plant native to Aviea that they could get their hands on. It is not an easy task but, some people did not like the idea of whole species going extinct. So a brave few aided by magic managed to capture as many wild animals and plants as they could and brought them to the Coalition lands. Now with the portal functioning and a new world on the other side. They want to transplant these species to the new world. Kaltidir can't say he disagrees with this and the people behind it. It is a noble cause to save what is left of nature. But, as it stands, it still has the same problem he had with the settlers. It is too early to do this, too many unknowns, and he does not want to hear a couple of lions dying because of some kind of native beast or something they ate disagreed with them.
However, once again, that is out of his control, which irritates him. You would think that this being the last hope for the Avieans that the Council would be more careful about handling this. Setting up settlement before any reconnaissance could be done is foolhardy. But, they just had to give in to the mob of people that want go through the gate. Kaltidir understands sure, thousands petition to the Council about sending settlers and some got.... let's day desperate to escape through the gate. This does not mean you bow to the mob. At least they are limiting the number of settlers coming through. So it is not a full-blown colonization effort, and it can be managed. No one wants to hear about a setter going missing or finding them dead because they could not stick near base camp or New Cahann.
Once the group went their way, Kaltidir resumed his walk. There were some final things he needs to do before the first expedition begins, which meant finding Amra and three others. It did not take long before Kaltidir found who he was looking for amidst the constant moving of people and material. He spotted Amra first, and by chance, she was with the three others he was looking for. That sure makes things easier, Kaltidir thought, and he walked to the group. Just a few more steps, and they can finally get this expedition on its way. Until then, the people in the camp can relax and prepare for the first expedition. For who knows lies beyond the confines of base camp and what else lives with them in the valley.
