Mayev

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Mayev

Маев was a Moon Garou hunter, recorded as the first in Ashenfall to wear red dragonhide. She made the armour from the remains of Vakar, a red dragon she had raised from a hatchling and considered a friend, following a garou tradition of wearing the hide and bones of a fallen warrior as a mark of honour.

History

As a cub, Mayev was restless and often wandered away from her camp to explore the surrounding dunes, much to her elder's frustration. On one of these excursions she entered a cavern deep underground, where she found a red dragon dying beside its newborn hatchling. Mayev took the orphaned hatchling out into the desert and raised it in secret, bringing it food and keeping it company until it came to regard her as a companion. She named it Vakar, a name the journals translate as "the flame-wrought song". As the two began to hunt together they brought down larger prey, and Mayev earned the respect of her tribe by sharing what they killed. Mayev and Vakar were later attacked by the KotHaar. Vakar's dragonfire had little effect on the lava-born creatures, and Mayev's arrows could not pierce their obsidian bodies. Overwhelmed and unable to defend themselves, the pair were saved only when Vakar carried Mayev clear of the fighting, taking grievous wounds in the process. He died of his injuries soon after. Following garou custom, Mayev buried his heart, and from his scales and bones she made armour and a bow.

References

  1. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Helmet, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "A moon garou hunter called Mayev was the first in Ashenfall to wear the skin of a red dragon, though she did so not out of malice, but in respect for a dear friend."
  2. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Chest, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "the hide of a slain foe is a mark of great pride, and the bones of a warrior are worn with great honour."
  3. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Helmet, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "As a cub, Mayev was never one to stay in one place. She ran round and round the caravans without a care in the world, always bringing the frustration and ire of her elder."
  4. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Helmet, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "There she found a red dragon, breathing her last breath, and the hatchling beside her breathing his first."
  5. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Chest, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Still, Mayev was patient and she lured the dragon hatchling away from the corpse of its parent and out into the desert sands."
  6. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Chest, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "it came to see her not as a parent, not as a master, but as a friend."
  7. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Chest, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "the flame-wrought song"
  8. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Chest, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "They hunted stronger prey, earning the respect of her tribe with the offcuts."
  9. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Legs, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Dragonfire was little concern to creatures birthed in lava"
  10. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Legs, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "garou arrows bounced harmlessly off obsidian flesh."
  11. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Legs, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "The hunter became the hunted and the KotHaar fell on Mayev and her dragon before she could ready a defence."
  12. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Legs, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "He carried her to safety."
  13. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Legs, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "she held him in his last breaths, thanking him for her life."
  14. ↑ Journal entry of Red Dragon Legs, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "She buried the heart of her friend, as was garou custom, and crafted armour and bow from his scales and bones."