After traveling through the trees of the forest at the fringes of Sigurd's Bane mountain, the Holdt village would come into view with its sturdy defenses.  The branches of the old pines hung low enough that Rydis had to lower his head so that his near hairless head would not be exposed to the chilling elements.  Steam rose from the horses maw as it took in air, a light snow covering it auburn fur.  Strapped to the back of the saddle was a gurney on which the hunted boar laid slain and ready to be skinned.  Ducking one last time he came to the hill Sabine was standing on, the hill that led home.<br/><br/>Rydis looked back to make sure the boar had not been taken by crafty wolves or other predators.  The hunt had been rather successful, considering they were lucky enough to fell another boar.  Still he couldn't believe how lucky Sabine was to have complete control of the mare, otherwise the boar would have removed the horses left leg.  He looked back over to the top of the hill as the old Clydesdale trotted up  with boars in tow.<br/><br/>The village was becoming more and more empty, even the sun was a scarce sight.  The heavy snow season passed, now all that was left was the shear chill of the winds and rain.  Rydis had always lived in the village and knew all the stories due to his mother being one of the elders.  After listening to her pleas begging the king to listen he decided that the stories were a sham to scare the children of the village, survival became the main priority.<br/><br/>The horse finally made it to the top of the hill that looked over the gray village.  His deep blue eyes looking over the dreary excuse for a village, his masked cover the lower portion of his face puffed as he huffed.  "Lets go Sabine."  He said without looking at the rather tall female.  He never understood her and probably never will but she was one of the best hunters in the village, due to sheer luck.  Squeezing the horses sides giving it the go a head to start moving forward and holding the reins tightly keeping to keep a slow speed as not to loose the game Rydis restarted his ride home.