Tales of Jahe Chapter 2: The Bigger the Area, the Stranger its Inhabitants

[Dragonsbane]

"Sorry about that...I thought you might have broken something in the fall!" Naerzul said quickly, but earnestly, "You were unconscious, and I was worried that you had hit something..." he looked down at her hand on his arm, then looked away quickly, slightly embarassed. Inwardly, he cursed at himself for sputtering in such an awkward manner, then pushed those thoughts aside, getting up, "I heard something moving...and it wasn't-" he felt a bony head poke into his side, his faithful badger nuzzling him, "I haven't named you yet, have I?"

He smiled, tracing a rune on the creature's bony forehead, whispering a name, "Il'rashna...the word in the tongue of my father's people means 'Eternal Guardian'. Appropriate....and for a nickname, 'Crawlbone', for obvious reasons."

The rune glowed golden, and points of light the same color as the necromancer's eyes appeared in its eye sockets, blossoming into view as Naerzul's new familiar was formally bound.