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Chapter 1

The Betrayer of Hightalon Pt. 1
Added Thu Jan 19 19:57:55 2012 at level 11:

Clouds of dust rose underneath the struggling arial who was bound by hand and wing and being dragged
along the sandy mountainous trail. Other arials perched on various ledges and tree limbs along the path
were hollering and yelling at the bound avian. Jastyna Hightalon stood next to her father, looking on
with disgust at the man. She was still a young girl, but, she had learned the ways of the Hightalon Flock
long ago. Her father, Dizra Hightalon and leader of the Flock, had instilled in her since a very young age
the importance of loyalty to the Flock. This man had betrayed that loyalty, and now he was going to pay
the price.

The Hightalon Flock was a close-knit community of arials several thousand strong that were led by their
namesake, the Hightalon family. The community itself was actually more like a family and while many in
the flock were of a distant relationship to the Hightalon family, once you joined the flock the bond was
as strong as blood. The Flock lived on the dry mountain slopes and foothills that edged the Jade
Mountains and the Barren Wastelands. The Flock was quite secluded and kept to itself for the most part,
which helped bolster the emphasis on loyalty to the Flock because life in the mountains otherwise was
hard and cruel. Similarily, the people of the Flock themselves were known to be quite cruel, often it was
only the strong leadership and the well cemented values of commitment and loyalty that kept the
people in check. The Hightalons were a shrewd people and had a small, select group of well-established
trading partners, otherwise, they had very little tolerance for outsiders. In fact, the Hightalons had
amassed a great wealth of gold and treasures from capturing and murdering adventurers passing
through the area hoping to find glories and riches in places such as the Elven Vaults and Tower of
Trothon.