Puppy:
Crow was too your to remember his sister Starling’s death. All he knew was his Mother and Uncle were always uncomfortably close for his entire puppyhood.
Since he was mostly stuck in a cave he took up playing with the different rocks and cave plants. Eventually he started smashing them together to make “elixirs” and paints.
Conserned, his pup-sitter Uncle Velspar took him to the pack’s herbalist. Instead of Onyx the herbalist diagnosing Crows strangeness, he encouraged it’ll much to his pup-sitter’s despair.
Adolescent:
Finally Crow could spend as many hours with Onyx and the wise old herbalist as he wanted. He tried to pay attention, but he mostly played with his mixes and pranked his Uncle with them.
Adult:
At a year old, Crow was already well learned in herbalism. He assisted with as many concoctions as he could, and when he had time to himself he would try new mixes to see what they could do.
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Now that he was more than ready, Onyx relinquished his position as Fengari’s Herbalist. After all, Onyx never meant to stay his whole life, he had a family to return to in another land.
Crow bid his farewells to his Master then returned to his pack to report his news to Alpha Amaryllis.
Though Amaryllis was sad to hear of his departure, she congratulated Crow on his new position and showed him to Onyx’s old cave since it now belonged to Crow, Fengari’s Herbalist.