Slowly tals mind came into focus as he heart started to pump faster. His thought process sped up as the blood flowed through his veins. Allowing an eye to open, he stared into the blackness of the cave he chose to rest in. â€œand thus the slumber ends.â€ sitting up, he became dizzy. Waiting a moment for the dizziness to pass, he then stood and looked for his weapons. On the far wall were his two weapons of choice, his scythe and his dagger. He strapped the dagger to his side and his scythe to his back and then proceeded to the entrance wall. Demolishing the wall he was hit by a wall of light and blinded. Allowing his eyes to adjust, tal looked to the sky he noted the position of the sun, â€œhigh noon, a little later than I would prefer but oh well.â€<br/><br/>Tal then stretched his wings out and then jumped into the air and took off. Not soon after he left his cave he felt the familiar touch of hunger. He then started to look for a nearby forest to hunt for a meal. Finding one he saw a keep like building in the distance. Oh goody a lords land, I need to take care not to be seen lest I wish to be hunted again, tal thought. He then went in the forest in search of a meal.<br/><br/>After a hour passed, tal had found a deer and eaten enough to satisfy his hunger. He left the deerâ€™s corps for the smaller predators. He then proceeded to the keep he saw earlier, to ask the lord of this land what had happened since he entered his slumber.<br/><br/>30 minutes later tal emerged from the forest to a barrier, and a rather pathetic one at that. Arrows can easily get through this gap, thought tal. Flying over the fence he walked over the large amount of unused land to get to the keep. Why is there so much clear land? Perhaps this is a new lord, he thought.<br/><br/>Arriving at the large doors of the keep, tal was surprised to see no knocker. He simply banged his fist against the door, though not hard enough to break down the door. â€œI wish to have an audience with the lord of this keep! Open the door!â€