<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ca/cd/b9/cacdb965ed50a154e0a222443ac6d7a7.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name/Alias:</strong>Grey Wolf<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Erm...<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Kordes, the royal capital of the continent Rosalia {Western Pan-Germany}<br/><strong>Current Action(s):</strong>Passing on the news of Ivan's death<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Snow White, Belle, Thumbelina, Sebastian and Maleficent<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://chrismartinphotography.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/elbow-falls-c2a9-christopher-martin-215969-2.jpg)</div>Taking the form of the crow, the grey wolf took to the skies.  It was a long trip.  He supposed it would have been wiser to had taken the form of a bird better suited for long distance flying.  Still... he felt far more comfortable flying as a raven.  It was his first bird form, after all.<br/><br/>He needed the air.  He needed to soar as high as he could before slowly drifting back down, wings out and gliding toward his destination.  He needed the familiarity.  He needed to be able to turn off his mind and go into...<br/><br/>Everyone was dead.<br/><br/>The last of the water of life was gone... used to bring him back to life.<br/><br/>He woke up to find his own wife, drenched in blood and lifeless in his arms.<br/><br/>Ivan was dead.<br/><br/>His brothers and sisters in law were dead.<br/><br/>There was no one left.<br/><br/>Wings out with air rushing by him.  Looking down, he noticed that there was less and less snow.  The climate was getting warmer.  He was leaving the Northern continent.  The division... the large body of water that separated the Western and Northern continents came into view.  He could see it.  It wouldn't be long before he reached Kordes, the royal capital of the continent Rosalia.  There he will find Snow White.<br/><br/>He remembered coming here before as Ivan's advisor.  An alliance between nations of sorts.  He supposed he should've paid more attention to what was going on, considering his position, but he knew he was just there as a glorified bodyguard.  He remembered a wedding taking place there at the time.  Ah.. right.  That was the excuse they used to talk to the rulers there.  They attended the wedding so as to better relations and open up trade between their respective kingdoms.<br/><br/>Ever since Koschei killed Ivan, the kingdom had fallen under turmoil.  Ivan's two brothers were currently vying for the throne, either unaware or uncaring of the dangers that lie ahead.  Grey attempted to track down Koschei... it wasn't like the damn bastard was hiding or anything, but... Grey knew that he wouldn't be able to take him on alone.  He and his brothers-in-law couldn't take him down together.  No... he was going to need help with this.<br/><br/>The news of Rumplestiltskin conquering the East had reached the Russian kingdom.  Of course, as soon as Grey heard about the terrifying former djinn crossing the seas on a Leviathan... there was no doubt that Rumplestiltskin was here to expand his territory.  Too much was happening all at once...<br/><br/>Still... if there was one piece of news that proved most useful was the fact that Rumplestiltskin had slain King Florian, husband of the Queen Snow White.  That was it.  That was how Grey was going to get to Koschei.  Join forces with Snow White to take down the threat that was Rumplestiltskin, a threat to all kingdoms, then... when the opportunity presented itself, ask for help in taking down the Deathless Magician.<br/><br/>The castle came into view.  That didn't take as long as he thought... or maybe he had been flying for far too long.<br/><br/>He didn't know.<br/><br/>He didn't care.<br/><br/>His mind was practically blank the entire trip, still processing what had happened... what he needed to do... working out what he needed to say.<br/><br/>Still in raven-form, he flew in through one of the castle windows.  It was a little harder to fly indoors, but not infeasible.  He made his way through the long hallways before stopping in front of the throne doors.  There, he changed back into his original form, the grey wolf.<br/><br/>"Your majesty, Queen Snow White," Grey growled as he stalked along the castle floor toward Snow White.  He glanced out through the corner of his eye, taking notice that there were already several others gathered here.  He recognized a few faces.  Some he did not recognize at all.  What he definitely did recognize, however, was the presence of magic emanating from each of them.  Turning his attention back on Snow White, the wolf bowed and said, "I doubt you remember me, but we have met before at your wedding.  My name is Grey Wolf, Chief Advisor to the late King Ivan of Russia."