The man sat at the bar in the lobby of the Inn, drinking down a half-pint. His gift refused to let him get drunk, healing him from the effects, but he did enjoy the flavor. Sacrifice enjoyed a good tavern, but an Inn with a bar was second best in a town like this. The other Chosen were supposed to be here, somewhere, but he'd given up on the search earlier in the day. Absently, he fingered the leather band on his wrist; his memories from all those years ago were lost to him. The band was all he had left, and even though he wasn't sure if it was important, he kept it. Maybe, if someone who knew him from before saw it, they would realize they knew the old him. The band, for all he knew, was the key to his darkened past.
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The anthro gryphon sat on the edge of the roof, looking out over the people as he often did. Nightmares were his gift, his curse, but he enjoyed tormenting those who were lesser than him. He'd gone by many names over the years, and his latest one, Kenie, made him sound as harmless as the starved dog in the ally. He often chose names that depicted him as kind or weak, mostly because it was at those weakest moments in a persons mind when they trusted even for a split second when he saw their nightmares and fears and used those very things against them.