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Alyxus Greco was as far as he knew the eldest adult male that he knew of, but that did not stop him from hope of finding more of his kind at whatever age they may happen to be. It was the memory of his deceased wife and calf that kept his heart determined to move forward.

He knew of only one female now and she was young and had never been exposed to the lifestyle of a true Minotaur village. Alyxus never rushed the young, they seemed in a hurry to grow up all on their own and all he knew was that he'd give anything to be as young and carefree as he was when he was but a young bull.

Now he was grown, the tragedies of life had scarred him, but in return for his penance the world had blessed him with knowledge. He was now determined to never let that knowledge die when he passed into the next world.

Today he took his map, the one he had slowly been creating with the help of the stars and the sun, and sought out a patch of land to rebuild a village in the hopes other Minotaurs who were left to wander would find their way to a new home. He stood at the top of a small hill and surveyed a patch of land just beyond the forest where he had been living a nomadic life until this point.

Today he would compile and build the simplest tools he could make, since he had no help to smelt simple metals, with wood and bone. Today he would find a way, come what may.

Cornell was found not too long ago in a forest, alone. He had never had contact with others before that he could remember, he had no idea the blight that the minotaurs are in. He had lived by himself with small forest creatures playing simple games and having miraculously not run into any trouble since his parents had passed away. His parents had died when he was at an extremely young age and he has no recolection of them.

Eventually he was discovered by the red female minotaur La'tarah, he had spotted her at a stream and tried to get a closer look when he tumbled into the river. Once he was plucked out of the water by La'tarah he quickly became attached to her. Having not had the opportunity to be around others he was quick to trust and clung to La'tarah as he began to see her in a maternal view.

Not too long after their games Irmhed came across the two and frightened Cornell at first. Seeing Irmheds catch he was put off seeing as he had only lived with forest animals up until then. La'tarah intervining hid the game and they set out to set up camp.

Cornell did not stay afraid of Irmhed for long and he quickly began to become curious of the male minotaur as well. Following along and doing as he was asked Cornell found joy in the simplest of things, neither of the older minotaurs having yet explained anything of the world outside of the forest to him.

Alyxus scanned the land, eyes going over but not entirely paying attention to details. Then his eyes scanned back when in the corner of his eye, the grass seemed to be going against the wind's direction and then it did it again. He blinked and paused on a particular patch.

Perhaps it was a small rabbit or a kind of wild fowl, but he never recalled them coming out into open fields quite this far out. He watched it for a few moments longer as he rolled up his map.

"Just be careful and watch your step," La'tarah said to Cornell, looking down at him to make sure that he travels safely. If only her hands weren't full from carrying vegetables, she'd gladly lead the young calf by the hand. "I really want you to meet...him. He is very nice and wise and I believe he would be a wonderful role model for you."

She smiled down to Cornell as they continued to walk at a brisk pace. She took a moment to think of how wonderful it would be once they were all together; just the four of them, congregated around a bonfire, sharing stories and backgrounds...if they had backgrounds. At least, the two older men apparently had them. She smiled at the thought of a flourishing Minotaur village, but that would have to come later, if at all.

May squealed in delight as the grass parted and a familiar shape appeared silhouetted against the sun. "GIIIEH!" She exclaimed, holding out her prize to him proudly.


Irmhead trailed behind La'tarah, quite content to remain silent as she chattered on about whatever she so happened to want to chatter about. He was happy, in some secret way, that they where finally looking for Alyxus. Three minotaurs all together was more then he'd ever had the opportunity to experience. But four? This bode well for his hopes of a more permanent settlement.

"Kay!" Cornell said with a smile following beside La'Tarah. The child seemed used to awkward terrain. He had grown up in a fairly strange place for a minotaur, although perhaps not bad the forest had taught him plenty of useful things at a young age. Not to say that he had been sad before but now being around others that were able to speak and looked similliar to him as well Cornell was ecstatic. The calf always seemed to be smilling.

He began to wonder a bit whom this other person that La'Tarah was speaking about was. He was begining to get anxious about meeting some one else. Irmhedd had at first frightened him quite a bit but the child had long since forgotten why and was starting to to become curious of the other male minotaur.

Familiar quickly became strange when the large mino spoke. The voice was far too deep to belong to her mother. May dropped the snake and snivelled. Mommy should come running any moment now. She always did! Where was she? May cried but still no mother appeared. She screamed.


Irmhead raised his head, at the sound of a screeching child. He glanced at La'tarah, confused. She wasn't leading them to a four legger village... was she?

Alyxus knew a frightened wail when he heard one. "There, there," he said, sweeping her up in his arms. "Let's find your mother, then, hmm? Does she have such sweet long hair like you do?"

He spoke to her gently, rocking the calf in his great arms as he scanned the horizon. It wasn't like a mother to leave a calf out in the open like this, what was more and he worried.