Urhea searched frantically for his father’s whereabouts, carefully avoiding the watchful eyes of the king and his guards. His father’s disappearance was abrupt and mired in so much conspiracy that he knew not what his next steps ought to be. Apparently his father had taken a semester off from the university for something important but unmentioned. His students knew not of their professor’s whereabouts. However, one seemed particularly cautious about his answers. Urhea, thinking a dog always returns to his master, followed the student. His pursuit was rewarded by a clue as to the quest. Supposedly there was a quest to find the stormrider, connecting two of the three words he heard that night: quest and stormrider. The student, however, was nowhere to be found the next day. Urhea decided to go on the quest in hopes of finding his father but he had hoped to pull some details about the quest from the student.<br/><br/>The fourth night, it was a beautiful starry sky, but Urhea noticed none of this beauty for he was walking in the back alleys trying to avoid a persistent pursuer. He didn’t know where and how he attracted the pursuer’s unwanted eyes, but he channeled energy away from the lights around him, dimming them. The enhanced darkness helped him escape the pursuer. Shaken, he reached home and decided that he needed a weapon and who better to ask than the local blacksmith.<br/><br/>Next morning, he noticed something is wrong in his house. The air was fresher than usual as if someone had opened the door during the night. The floor felt warmer than usual as if someone had walked on it recently. The sun was barely up when he realized he is in danger. He packed a bag with the bare necessities and snuck out the window. Once out, he saw a carriage in front of his house with the mark of the king. He drew the energy from the wind around him. This left the air around him a bit weak unable to carry sound as well, thereby concealing the sounds he made as he jumped roofs towards the anvil. With one final jump, he found himself behind the anvil.<br/><br/>