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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nzld" data-source="post: 2655256" data-attributes="member: 37407">Volkmar and Heinrich discuss the StagFor a length of time, Volkmar remains standing where he has stood since his arrival, while Valeria focuses her attention on her fellow magi. With only subtle glances and shifts in stance concealed behind his mask and the bulk of his cloak and robes, one might assume he has stood motionless the whole time. In fact, Volkmar has already began to evaluate the lay of the future covenant and to form an assessment of its defensibility. He casts a final glance toward the magi surrounding the main fire. Valeria seems not to have given him any further thought. Content that he is no longer the subject for her amusement, he shifts his attention to the armed grog standing near the magus Titus.Heinrich is not oblivious to Volkmar's attention, though his own attention has been on the beautiful maga that now graces them all with her presence. His heart had begun to throb the moment she stepped forth from the darkness, and his loins have responded in kind, and Heinrich finds he must turn away to regain his composure.Volkmar begins to edge his way around the fire, keeping his distance so as not to intrude upon the magi's conversation, though his eyes are locked upon the grog. As the massive man nears, Heinrich straightens himself and adopts a proud stance. He has not heard of this Volkmar, but he senses that the man should be afforded a degree of respect.Volkmar stops several yards away and speaks just loud enough for Heinrich to hear, without disturbing the wizard's discussions. In German, he says, "You... grog... tell me of this stag."Heinrich cautiously steps toward the hulking figure until he is but mere feet away. The top of his head barely reaches chest level with Volkmar, and he must tilt his head back to look directly at him... through the holes of the mask... into the depths of his eyes. Heinrich winces slightly as their eyes lock, and he stifles a momentary shudder that threatens to course through his body. There is danger here, but he preseveres. He swallows hard before responding in Latin, as Volkmar had spoken to the magi. "My n-name is Heinrich, and I, too, am custos. I h-h-have been a loyal servant of Fengheld, and with that loyalty, so s-shall I s-serve Teneo." A silent sigh escapes his lips.Volkmar remains silent a moment. He tilts his head and looks Heinrich over, as though reassessing the measure of the young man before him."Indeed," he says, this time in Latin, and Heinrich detects a slight hint of amusement in his voice. "Then answer me, custos of Fengheld, and tell me of this stag."**********Heinrich and Volkmar step away from the main campfire, and Heinrich relays to him all that he knows of the beast and the redcap, which is little, as he only saw the devil deer for a few moments before it returned to the woods from whence it came. He recalls the words spoken by the magi to the stag as accurately as he can, hoping he has not missed some important detail. Finally, with a torch in hand, he directs Volkmar over to where the beast lefts its peculiar mark.Volkmar listens quietly as Heinrich speaks, never interrupting, though his gaze constantly scans the surrounding woods, peering into the depths of the darkness, beyond the illumination of the campfires. As Heinrich kneels down next to the seven-scratch mark, hovering the torch above it to provide maximum light, Volkmar merely stands above him, his attention divided between studying the enigmatic mark and trying to discern some unfathomable presence.OOC: Volkmar is using Second Sight and Magic Sensitivity to try and discern if their is any unseen presence or activity still occuring within the area of the camp, and to determine if there is more to the mark than meets the eye.</blockquote>

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