(It happens.)

Sifting through the cotton, a throdama sat in the middle of the field, picking off the mature bulbs of cotton.

"Looks like she's been asigned here. There aught to be a defender or two around here watching," the throdama fallowing Goldenscale said when they arived at the fields, "I doubt they'll be needed, but it never hurts to be on the look out at all times."

"If you want, I could act as a guard in place for one of your defenders." she offered.  She then went over to the fields.  "They are growing rather nicely here." she murmured to herself as she ran to one of the trees and climbed on one of them, connecting herself to it.

"That wont be neededd, the defenders are more than enough. Where our species comes from, the lands is much more hostile than that of this world. Ganymede may be the brightest moon this planet has, but it is much more dnagerous," the throdama said, fallowing Goldenscale to the tree, "The humans that were once there, are now long since dead. They couldn't handle the extreme conditions."

Slowly pulling out of the side of the tree, a pink sprite of strange energies flew to land next to Goldenscale. Conjuring a book, it sat down and started reading.

"Huh, I didn't even know life on the moon was possible.  Well, anything other than Moonlight, that is.  So your species used to live on the moon then?" she asked.  This was all very new to her .  She chirped when she saw the fairy.  "There is a fairy here..."   She then moved her head to see what the fairy was reading.

"Well, our species still precides mainly on the the moon, there just colonies starting to be brought here to this world by humans or by choice. Throdama and Symurgh are both from other worlds. Throdama from the moon, and the Symurgh from Io, a whole different planet," the throdama said said, resting at the base of the tree, "I only have limited information on the moon though."

Moving the book so Goldenscale could better see the pages. With a faint pink glow, letters and symbols danced across the pages as the sprite smilled. "The Archanist is awaiting the time when you find his champion," the sprite said, looking to Goldenscale, "He awaits his chance to face the Shade once more."

"That makes me wonder what other planets there are and what kind of life ther is on it, if there is life on it at all.  Now I know of three species that reside on this planet that are from somewhere else other than here." she said with a purr.  With a chirp of wonder, she looked at the sprite's book again and chirped in wonder as the letters and symbols danced across the pages.  "I will find his champion and help him to get his chance to fight the Shade with Kyne." she replied to the sprite with a nod. 

"Arcanist thanks you. It was the Shade who locked him away so many years ago under a guise. The arcane magics run weak in this world for that reason. Without them, the world has suffered more disasterous weather," the sprite said, its body begining to fade, "Us arcane sprites must remain close to the trees to survive without him here."

"I will try to find him and trace him with my magic.  I will try to help all the other champions of Kyne as well as him.  If you do see him or find him, tell him I will do all I can." she said with a nod.

"Even if the spirit doesn't know or sense us, there are sprites to embody each nature spirit's task. We know where they are at all times. The Arcanist is sealed in a medalion the Shade carries. The seal can only be broken by either killing the Shade or finding someone who is capable of handling the mantle of arcane champion. The only way to find someone for the mantle, is to fallow the arcane energies that remain in this world," he sprite said, the letters and symbols forming into a map, "I wish I could help you more, but there is too little arcane energy left for me to go farther."

"This will do.  I will memorize this and use my own powers to trace the small amount of energy and follow it.  He will be freed, I know I will try to do it." she said with a nod of determination. 

"It will be hard to fallow, but I believe in your abilities. There are too few places that still practice the arcane arts so leads will be minimal," the sprite said, closing the book, leaving an afterimage of the map hanging in the air, "I wish the best of travels to you and Ahnah."

Goldenscale gave a nod.  "Thank you." she said.  She then jumped from the tree and stretched.  "I might as well go see if there is a fight I can participate in.  It is nice being here with you both, but I have to train." she said to the Thordama.

"You might ask one of the defenders once we get back home. They're always glad to help others improve their combat skills, and they're capable of taking quite the beating," the throdama said, nodding to one of the defenders at the edge of the fields, "It'll give you something new to train against as well."

"True.  I would rather not have a battle here in this area though.  Would you by any chance have an arena your species would rather use?  I would be willing to comply." she said with a smile.

"Well, we do have training cuarters, but they're deep in the ground where the main part of the hive is built. It is large enought to accomodate several large fights going on though. With access to much sturdier materials, we've been able to fortify the walls and make it larger than most hives would be able to achieve," he said, "You'd need permission from both  Kial and the colony leader to even get inside though. So far, Kial is the only non throdama being that has been allowed in the hive so I have no idea what your chances of getting in are."