...ruins of the heart...

You enter the misty forest, following the shewolf with great unease. Every step further in makes your fur stand higher on your back. Peering nervously into the forest, you feel as if eyes stare back at you, and slowly you pick up your pace. You watch the shadows dancing along side you as you run, and you feel like every creature in the world is staring at you. Turning your head to stare more intently into the forest, you feel something slowly rake down your back. With a frighten yip, you let out a burst of speed before stopping to catch your breath. Looking back, you can just make out the branches of a tree in the mist. Sighing you feel more at ease until an eerie howl is heard in the distance and answered. Looking around yourself, you shift weight from side to side nervous as you watch the forest around you.

You catch up with the shewolf, breathing heavily. :You run from the memories of which I protect... You must not fear them, you must learn...:

The wolf and you break out of the forest and on the edge of a great lake, which reflects the light of sunset in a great palette. You watch as the shewolf turns her burnished golden eyes to you and you ask "What is this place?"

:This is what I protect... this is what I live for... This is what is left of a great and powerful territory...: The shewolf turns her head away to look back over the lake, eyes gone distant...

:This is the Ruins of the Heart:

:Follow me, and keep close...:
The Ruins themselves... ...become part of the pack...
Tales of the past... ...legends and lore...
Links... ...back to your reality...