Henchwuffie
In the empty plains, there is nobody in sight. The weather has turned particularly miserable, dull clouds hanging low over equally drab grass. Picturesque snow flurries are turned into stinging shards to bite at one's nose and eyes, and the frigid wind invades every hollow-in-the-grass shelter. Those who live here, if any do, have hidden themselves away in their dens and runs; not even a rabbit can be seen.
A solitary wolf makes his way through the fields, keeping low with his nose to the ground. His shaggy, unkempt gray fur does not stand out in the dead grass – really, it seems to be the sort of non-color to fade into any background. There's certainly nothing about him to make you look twice: lean and yellow-eyed, not particularly large or formidable for his kind. He moves with a sort of slinking, crouching gait that immediately suggests wary uncertainty.
If, however, one were to look twice, it would become clear that his posture does not indicate timidity but cunning. The lank frame that might have been taken to be underfed can instead be seen to be pure agile, compact muscle. And there is certainly nothing fearful or desperate in the intelligent golden eyes – this creature is not hunted, but hunter.
He picks up his pace, loping easily on despite the stiff wind. The trail is cooling, but he has been well trained. By tomorrow at this time, he guesses, he will have caught up with the traitor-wolf, Kayla, and her companion.