Jeff hesitantly followed Vanesse down the stairs and through the strange, mystical door. As he entered, he was blinded by a bright light. As his eyes adjusted, he was amazed by his surroundings. He had expected to find himself in a basement, but instead he was in the middle of a strange but beautiful forest, the trees had white bark and leaves in a range of reds and yellows. The grass on the ground was a soft, golden color. The wind blew, creating a smooth, elegant sound as the trees waved back and forth.
Vannese approached a desk on top of a large stone platform in the middle of the forest. Her armor faded, and she changed into an elegant white silk dress, emphasizing her feminine form as she sat in an office chair. She waved her hand, inviting Jeff over. Jeff stepped onto the platform, and the stone began to rise in front of the desk, creating a stone stool for Jeff to sit on. Jeff, still in bewilderment, sat on the stool cautiously and began to speak, giving a large deep breath.
"Well, I've seen a lot of things in my 27 years of life, but this. This is interesting, Vennessa. Things are going on in this city that I need answers to, and after the display you've just shown, I'm sure you've got tons of information for me. But first, let's start with what the Arvaris happened to me a few weeks ago."
Vannese let off an amused smile.
"Well, to start with, my name is Vannese, not Vanessa. Now, have you ever heard of a Bloodwulf? Funny thing, Bloodwulf's. Back then, they held one of the most powerful kingdoms in Cyntaria. Now, there kind of rare race. You are one of them."
"Wait, Hang on. I'm a what? I'm human. I was born in Silvport, you know the Big Walled city made by humans for humans."
Vannese let out a mischievous laugh.
"Actually, you're from Serenity. Now let's get to what it means to be a Bloodwulf. Bloodwulfs are the Prime race of werewolves, the first. all other werewolf races evolved and mutated from them, which means they are the most powerful of them. They are also one of the apex races, meaning they are of the strongest in all of Cyntaria. You however, Due to your.. Unique situation, it's gonna take a lot of practice and training for you to reach your full potential."
Jeff sat in silence, thinking about that night. Werewolf may have sounded crazy back then, but now, it makes sense. He'd heard of sealing charms and even seen a few. That night, his bracelet had gone missing. The there was the mysterious circumstances of his adoption, no one would leave a child at a place like that... unless they knew someone there. Putting everything together seemed to break something in Jeff as he began laughing manically..
"This is great... Im a fucking werewolf... By the gods, this makes sense. ooohh shit."
Taking a deep breath, Jeff continued.
"well with that out of the way.... You mind telling me what.. IS going on... IN this fucking... city"
He looked at Vanesse extremely seriously, the whites of his eyes turned black as their irises glowed a silver blue color.
"Oh my... those eyes"
Vanesse spoke almost flirtatiously.
"I see the stress of truth has its effect on you, good thing is you wont be going full beasty on me, or anyone for a while. Now, lucky you, I'm fae folk, and we fae folk love gathering information; it sells for a high price."
Jeff gritted his death and spoke with a sigh.
"how much you want... fae folk?"
"well Im a changling. And we deal in favor but don't worry Ill give it to you for free this time. There's been trouble in the city under Silvport, Serenity. You see thats where all the other races live, the ones you and the humans in silvport don't know about. Someones been killing High priority people. Leaders of the Councils. and it seems to have overflow into the streets of silvport"
Jeff raised his eyebrows in interest.
" City under Silvport, okay. What are these councils? What do you mean by high priority?"
"The races in Serenity are led by the councils, there's the Red council, the Raven council, and so on. Those high-priority people were members of the councils. No one knows who's killing them and why. Tensions between the councils have risen considerably. It caused some members to move to the top side with the humans using concealment charms."
"Huh, Why would someone want to kill these coucil members, would there be any reason for someone to turn them against each other?"
Vannese leaned back in her chair and appeared to be thinking.
"That is a good question, I'm not sure. At the surface level, it doesn't make sense, but there are a few people who have been wronged by councils, maybe one of them, but then it takes skill to put up a fight against these people, let alone kill them. if you want to figure it out, you'll have to go to Serenity"
"this isn't.. Serenity where are we?"
Vannese looked around her surrounding then back at Jeff.
"oh this, this is Faelock the realm of the fae and shee lords, look Ive got a contact in the Werelord embassy named Ticco, He's a vearian, or werefox I guess you can call them. Find him and he'll show you around"