Demotheus had left the pilgrims for a while. He yearned to see the amazing architectural design, carvings and artwork on many of the structures he had passed by on his journey. He brought with him all of his things plus some wood to carve rough sketches of some of the designs he recovers.
He goes to the desert, knowing that the icky dusk spawn aren't a huge problem in the shifting sands, to examine the temple and the sacrificial chamber. He moves quickly through the desert, stopping at the oasis to refresh himself before making the trek to the other side of the desert. He makes his way to the Monk's monastery.
The man himself gave Demotheus a sense of unease, but the beautiful landscape and scenery was too much to pass up. He spent a long time there. Much longer than he had expected to stay. He never liked the monk but he grew to accept that the man simply didn't speak, which is the main reason Demotheus feels unnerved at times around the man.
After accepting some rations for the journey back to Ravanna he bids the Monk farewell, to which the Monk simply nods. Demotheus has the feeling that behind the man's eyes he's relieved that Demotheus is leaving.
He makes his way back to Ravanna with little trouble. Though, whenever he thought he heard the slightest sound of dusk spawn he would quickly get up from wherever he was, pack his things and run as discreetly as he could, hoping that the would-be dusk spawn weren't going to follow, which they rarely did. Demotheus is a quick, if anything, especially when terrified. The adrenaline helps get him where he needs to go - as far away from the rotting bodies as possible and closer to Ravanna.
When he gets to the sign that points to Ravanna he is all too pleased to be in the company of people who will actually respond to his attempts at conversation, which is good because he can only talk to himself for so long before it gets boring.
(I'm kind of extremely bad at this and, again, I had no intention of leaving but I had, so bleh.)
He goes to the desert, knowing that the icky dusk spawn aren't a huge problem in the shifting sands, to examine the temple and the sacrificial chamber. He moves quickly through the desert, stopping at the oasis to refresh himself before making the trek to the other side of the desert. He makes his way to the Monk's monastery.
The man himself gave Demotheus a sense of unease, but the beautiful landscape and scenery was too much to pass up. He spent a long time there. Much longer than he had expected to stay. He never liked the monk but he grew to accept that the man simply didn't speak, which is the main reason Demotheus feels unnerved at times around the man.
After accepting some rations for the journey back to Ravanna he bids the Monk farewell, to which the Monk simply nods. Demotheus has the feeling that behind the man's eyes he's relieved that Demotheus is leaving.
He makes his way back to Ravanna with little trouble. Though, whenever he thought he heard the slightest sound of dusk spawn he would quickly get up from wherever he was, pack his things and run as discreetly as he could, hoping that the would-be dusk spawn weren't going to follow, which they rarely did. Demotheus is a quick, if anything, especially when terrified. The adrenaline helps get him where he needs to go - as far away from the rotting bodies as possible and closer to Ravanna.
When he gets to the sign that points to Ravanna he is all too pleased to be in the company of people who will actually respond to his attempts at conversation, which is good because he can only talk to himself for so long before it gets boring.
(I'm kind of extremely bad at this and, again, I had no intention of leaving but I had, so bleh.)