Hunted

Myra Dawnstar is a daughter of of the fierce Norra Tribe of the deep northern planes of Kelma, a land of orcs, humans, elves, and plenty of monsters to go bump in the night. One such monster, a hippogriff attacks Myra's village one night in an unprovoked attack. During the attack, her friend Dimitis is killed. As the most skilled hunter in the tribe she swears to the village elders she will hunt the hippogriff down and kill it, bringing back one of its clawed feet as evidence of her victory.

Days turn into weeks as Myra tracks the hippogriff south, attempting to slay the beast two times and failing each time. In her singular focus she fails to see that she has crossed over into the Orc kingdom. This becomes her saving grace as her attempt to kill the hippogriff goes ary a third time and it nearly kills her before she is saved by an Orc hunting party. The leader of the Orcs assures her of her safety and helps heal her injuries but the following day she breaks into a terrible fever and must trust this oddly calming Orc to save her life.