Bonfire
After a few minute the two of you get up and she points to the center of town a little ways from the well where the men are setting up wood and says softly "There's a bonfire tonight. If you really want to learn our customs you should attend the bonfire and talk with everyone." You think about it for a while then nod in agreement and walk over to speak with a few of the males as they set everything up. One of the younger ones stops and listens to your questions then replies "The bonfires are a time for the pack to gather and discuss the business of the day; it's also when the alpha and council give directives for the next day. This bonfire is special, because it will be the night we mark who participates in the ceremony on the full moon in two weeks. We were going to practice yesterday, but then you arrived."
You nod in understanding then turn and return to your hut to rest and prepare for the night's bonfire. You may have sat down and relaxed, taken a short nap, or gotten yourself ready for the fire to talk with everyone. It all depends on your personality; however as the sun's light starts to fade you walk out and join the pack at the bonfire. After about ten minutes a group of hunters comes from the forest baring a large wild boar that has been placed upon one of their spears almost as if it were a spit. A few cooks walk over and take the boar from the hunter's then proceed to glaze it in mixture of berries, sweet roots, and other natural flavorings.
Even as you watch the cook's working on this marvelous piece of meat, the alpha of the pack walks forward and lets out a howl to draw all attention to him. You wait a few seconds then turn and glance at him as he starts to look around the town center trying to find if any would dare challenge him. A small part of you, the part that was basically created by the voice, wonders what it would be like to give yourself over to him, but the rest of you just watches him warily, wondering if he's learned your secret or not. The alpha completely ignores you, other than the occasional side long glance as he starts telling everyone that tomorrow's workloads are going to be rather large. It appears that this particular pack of wolves is a group of metal workers and pot makers. The women tend to make pots, while the males tend to make metal items such as spears, swords, and armor. One of the pack's hunters walks up to you and motions for you to follow him.
Written by Jake Shadow Wolf on 10 December 2012
