Moonclaw says "Impression? I know little of this shadow business."
Moonclaw listens.
Mikloshe nods, "Aye... you know of a shadow close to Crinos? Mayhaps where you arrived?"
Draconian_Jerifal is silent, listening...
Mockingbird squawks annoyingly and flaps his wings.
Darkstalker speaks slowly, thoughtfully. "When I hunted my Father, I found many traces of his presence... and yes, brother, Luna's presence.. in that Shadow Corridor."
Moonclaw says "Ah, but what of Arcadia where we arrived?"
Mockingbird squawks annoyingly.
Draconian_Jerifal says "Then we shall go there, and try to find a good spot."
Mikloshe says "Can you describe where you first arrived when you left your homeworld?"
Mockingbird says mockingly "you"
Darkstalker frowns a bit. "Even did I reside for a time in Shadrul's Way. But that was only close, not the true place."
Draconian_Jerifal says "Which then, do you think was truest?"
Darkstalker looks to Moonclaw. "Arcadia is where we arrived. But I feel... that I have used that Way once too often."
Moonclaw nods and smiles faintly.
Darkstalker says softly, "And the last time I used it..." he shakes his head. "No, I think not."
Draconian_Jerifal scratches a scale upon his chin with one talon.
Darkstalker answers Jerifal's question. "The land south of Shadrul's Way. That is the one place I have not hunted." he frowns. "I know not why."
Mikloshe rubs his chin in thought.
Mikloshe says "A place of dunes and sand?"
Draconian_Jerifal's eyes look thoughtful.. "I know the place too." he says to Mikloshe.
Darkstalker nods slowly. "The land looks so, yes."
Moonclaw frowns slightly, nodding.
Darkstalker turns to Moonclaw. "Should we try there? Have you been to it, brother?"
Moonclaw says "I have been there, once while I was lost in shadow...it led me to a strange house."
Mikloshe says "There was once a shadow rift there that led to my ways, I know this place well... Jerifal, can you lead us there?"
Moonclaw says "But that is the past..."
Draconian_Jerifal says "I can take us there, follow me."
Draconian_Jerifal looks around to see if all are ready.
Mikloshe runs a long-fingered hand through his silvery mane.
Darkstalker stands ready.
Moonclaw nods, his flesh rippling slightly.
Darkstalker seems very calm, though his eyes are narrowed slightly.
Moonclaw's body twists in a macabre dance of creaking bones and rippling flesh. His size and mass shrink and a growl escapes his feral snout. No longer on two legs, Moonclaw howls to Luna as a massive wolf...
Draconian_Jerifal folds his wings tightly across his back, and bows his head for a moment...
Draconian_Jerifal begins walking forwards and says, "Come."
Moonclaw_wolf nods to all, his eyes betraying excitement.
Mikloshe nods slightly.
Moonclaw_wolf pads towards the door.
Darkstalker follows Jerifal.
Draconian_Jerifal moves away, slowly fading from view.
Draconian_Jerifal has left.
You set off to follow Draconian_Jerifal, the way soon becoming stranger.
Shadow
Contents:
Draconian_Jerifal

The Realm of Sands (On the Jurask-Vennim Shadow Corridor)(#22211RAFL)
Shadows finally assume the form you desire.

Mikloshe moves toward you, growing more defined as he approaches.
Moonclaw_wolf moves toward you, growing more defined as he approaches.
Draconian_Jerifal grins, and blows a little fire out of his nostrils.
Moonclaw_wolf shakes his great wolfen head in confusion.
Mikloshe's irises glow bright sapphire as he concentrates on some unseen lattice within his mind's eye.
Moonclaw_wolf looks around, he sneezes.
Darkstalker looks around carefully.
In your mind, Moonclaw says, ~What strange mode of travel was that?~
Draconian_Jerifal glances at Mikloshe...
Mikloshe's eyes cast electric blue sparks.
A feline presence at the outskirts of Moonclaw's thoughts speaks: ~I... Know not.~
Draconian_Jerifal says in a rumbling voice, with a bit of smoke to it, "Let me forge along, and you can reach out and settle it around us."
Darkstalker seems to be slightly disoriented, but recovers quickly.
In your mind, Moonclaw says, ~Strange~
Darkstalker nods to Jerifal, a bit uneasily.
Mikloshe says "Do we have an image of the location?"
Moonclaw_wolf sniffs the air curiously.
Mikloshe says "Can you feel any flaw?"
Mikloshe gets an oddly intense look in his eyes.
Darkstalker glances at Moonclaw, and nods. "We will form the image."
Moonclaw_wolf paws at the sand, nodding his head, his yellow eyes closing.
A feline presence at the outskirts of Moonclaw's thoughts reaches out to you, seeking full mental contact.
Mikloshe slowly moves to Moonclaw and Darkstalker.
Draconian_Jerifal stands there, smoking, and concentrates... waiting for an image. He stands there, near Moonclaw and Darkstalker.
In your mind, Moonclaw says, ~:touches mind to mind with you.~
Darkstalker moves slowly to stand by Moonclaw, his flesh shifting, changing.
Upon a tendril of thought, Mikloshe distantly snatch the image.
Darkstalker's features blur together, his skin darkens. Blood, bone and sinew blend together, shift, and meld. He seems to gather into himself, and emerges a dark-furred cat.
Dark_Panther and Moonclaw_wolf form the image of Crinos together in their thoughts....
Moonclaw_wolf moves closer to the great cat, eyes still closed.
Draconian_Jerifal's eyes blaze redly, fires behind them... He is more red than silver, as heat radiates from him. He takes one... step... forwards...
Mikloshe concentrates and begins to extend tendrils of thought out into the surrounding area.
And there is a slight change.
Dark_Panther's eyes close, and he shakes his head side to side slightly, concentrating.
Draconian_Jerifal's foot lands on a land not quite the one where the other stands... Energy, flawed, dark energy burns within him.
Waves of rippling force extend from Mikloshe in viper-like tendrils of power.
Moonclaw_wolf raises his head to the heavens, a long low mournful howl flowing forth from his heart.
Dark_Panther takes a step forward, and follows Jerifal, as if drawn forward by invisible strings.
Draconian_Jerifal takes another step... And energy crackles. There is a a hissing sound, and a boom of thunder, from out of nowhere.
Mikloshe directs the tendrils in the direction Jerifal moves, stretching at the fabric of shadow.
Moonclaw_wolf lowers his head and moves with his Bre'hun.
Dark_Panther seems to move with great effort, each step costing him in strength. His ears flatten, the fur on his back rises slightly. His eyes remain closed.
Draconian_Jerifal pauses a second, and deeply inhales and exhales. His breath is all flame. He then, firmly, takes another step, and another, forwards... He begins to move without pausing for a very short time. Then he stops and concentrates again.
Electric blue tracery is superimposed over Mikloshe's features as the tendrils burn with fiery brilliance and shred along the forming pathway.
A low rumble sounds in Moonclaw's chest as he moves ever forward.
The land around you begins to... change... Subtly at first.
Dark_Panther's mouth curls back in an inaudible snarl of concentration.
---_____---A lightning bolt streaks across the sky and strikes the ground only a few score yards away.
Moonclaw_wolf opens his eyes and peers about him as he moves forth his mind and spirit reaching out to those around him...
Mikloshe lifts his bangs out of the way of his glowing sapphire eyes as he pours more power into the searching, probing, tendrils of energy. He seems oblivious of the changes around him as his mind sets to its task.
Draconian_Jerifal takes ten long strides forwards... and pauses as a dark wind howls by, and whisks the fires away from his form.
Dark_Panther follows in the footsteps, cautiously but deliberately, his mind seeking to share the image within it.
Draconian_Jerifal places a taloned hand upon his forehead, and takes another step forwards, a little unsteadily. He stops again, gathering his strength, and the image of Crinos.
Moonclaw_wolf moves forth, his teeth bared and a low throaty growl escapes his lips.
Mikloshe steps slowly, his own form almost indefinable within the blue flame and flashing tendrils of power surrounding and stretching forward from his body. He glances momentarily at Jerifal.
Draconian_Jerifal takes another step forwards, then another, gathering up a steady pace. You can almost see a dark and flawed *thing* floating over him, crackling with blue and black fire, as he burns with red fire... He walks on... you feel as if you've reached a turning point, for this land is almost like Crinos.
Draconian_Jerifal steps forwards... and...
Draconian_Jerifal begins to move towards a storm of stones. You feel reality tremble briefly.
Mikloshe begins to move towards a storm of stones. You feel reality tremble briefly.
Draconian_Jerifal pushes through the fabric of shadow and disappears from sight.
Draconian_Jerifal has left.
Mikloshe trusts his tendrils forwards.
Mikloshe pushes through the fabric of shadow and disappears from sight.
Mikloshe has left.

The fabric of shadow gives way and you push your way forward. (Now may be a good time to double-check the +lhelp. You may have shifted shadows.)
Mountainside
Contents:
Mikloshe
Draconian_Jerifal
Karas
Rainfire_wolf
Tearchaser
Grisa
Obvious exits:
Distant Mountains  Foothills  
You emerge from a narrow pass between the mountains.

Grisa turns and looks at Mikloshe as he comes through the pass. She blinks.
Mikloshe walks over to Jerifal, his face a study in electric blue tracery, hovering inches before him.
Karas looks around slowly, his usual smile not present. "What progresses here?"
Moonclaw_wolf emerges from a narrow pass between the mountains.
Moonclaw_wolf has arrived.
Moonclaw_wolf stops and looks around.
Draconian_Jerifal breathes a long stream of fire which scorches the earth at his feet, and places his hands upon his head... Black smoke rises steadily from all around him.
Dark_Panther's features seem to blend together into a more coherent whole, and he stands straighter, his muscles and skin flowing over his body, smoothing it out. His hair recedes from his body but for his head, his claws retract, his fingers grow longer, and his legs straighten and elongate.
Tearchaser's eyes widen at the draconian. "Serpens?"
You sense that Grisa challenges your spirit for true Crinos identity.
Moonclaw_wolf moves to stand near Jerifal as his flesh ripples slightly.
Tearchaser's muscles and skin ripple as if a current of their own. His hair grows to clothe his entire body in fur, his features sharpen and become feral, as he moves closer to the ground, now wolf.
Rainfire_wolf snarls and moves into a battle-ready stance.
Glowing tendrils of energy flail about Mikloshe in maddening viper-like formations.
Darkstalker looks around in wonder.
Draconian_Jerifal's silver scales gleam brightly with heat, and suddenly seem to flow.
Mikloshe frowns at Jerifal.
Moonclaw_wolf's muscles ripple and and the sounds of cracking bone and creaking tendons can be heard. His features seem to meld together, his countenance become less feral, and fur changes to smooth pink skin as beast becomes man.
Karas continues to look around carefully, waiting to one side, frowning.
Mikloshe turns slowly as if just noticing others were present. A steam-like hiss flows from him. He turns suddenly to Grisa.
Moonclaw smiles to Tearchaser and Rain-fire and then to all around, tears welling up in his eyes.
FarSeeker_Griffin descends from the sky.
FarSeeker_Griffin has arrived.
Draconian_Jerifal slowly stands up straight.
FarSeeker_Griffin circles a bit with a rider on his back.
Darkstalker looks around quickly, taking everything in.
Moonclaw looks to the sky.
Draconian_Jerifal's silver scales shimmer, flow, and... Suddenly the heat surrounding Jerifal dies down. He doesn't move.
FarSeeker_Griffin lands a bit awaf from the others.
WindRider has arrived.
Rainfire_wolf approaches Moonclaw, cautiously.
Darkstalker stands by Moonclaw.
Tearchaser_wolf follows Rainfire closely, moving up to walk at her side.
Moonclaw looks to all the new arrivals and then to Rainfire.
WindRider glances around, standing near her griffon friend.