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  1. Grumpy Bear
    As the frenzy of the battle faded away, Susie made a quick assessment of their next actions. It had grown dark, and except for the pine trees still burning on top of the mountain, it would soon be too dark to see without transformed lycan eyes. But if the Serpent’s fire was seen by any humans, it may mean a firefighting team from the Forest Service could be on their way. “All right people!” Susie called to take command of the situation. “Prepare to move out! We have a ten-mile hike back
  2. Grumpy Bear
    It was mentioned in an earlier chapter that Odin had visited Karhu during his time incarcerated within the cave and told him about Bernie. In Norse mythology, Thor was able to summon Mjölnir to his hand, and as Thor's heir, Bernie is able to do the same, bringing forth the demigod within him. Karhu will share more secrets of Bernie's ancestry and powers as revealed to him by Odin in the next chapter!
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    Well, Bernie is a Marvel fan after all. 😉 Next chapter, Karhu will help explain the Bernie-Thor connection a little better as told to him by Odin when he was in the cave.
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    “Yes, Rieka,” Rodney said as he strolled through the village, observing The People as they made the final preparations for the sacrifice, “I feel it in my bones. This is going to be a good day for The People and the Tuath Dé.” The frail-looking wolf with the red hair streaked with gray followed behind the big bear. “Yes, Rodney,” Rieka agreed. “You know what is best for The People.” “I’m so pleased that you have come around to my way of thinking,” Rodney said, looking down at her
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    Eve of Battle

    Grumpy Bear commented on Grumpy Bear's story chapter in Eve of Battle

    Matthias confirmed this when he made his first speech to the Lycan Council as well. He said, "In Japan, Amaterasu created the birds of prey, the crane, eagle and osprey." So, it wouldn't be too off-topic for some of the bears to take a trip to Japan in search of these avian lycans in the future...
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    Eve of Battle

    Grumpy Bear commented on Grumpy Bear's story chapter in Eve of Battle

    Siku = A seven-foot-tall Anthony Varrecchia. I suppose I could work him in to some future stories! 😉
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    Apollo and Susie sat around the fire in the center of the base camp with the eight bears, reviewing their current intel and planning the next day’s strategy. They had taken the Humvees and Axel’s truck as far as the parking area intersecting with the Appalachian Trail and had hiked about a mile toward the target area before finding a suitable flat area far enough off of the trail to set up camp and remain hidden from any hikers. “All the data shows that Rodney and Marcus are still about 10
  8. Grumpy Bear
    Karhu sat in the big wooden tub in the village bathhouse. The six female wolves had removed his ragged clothing to be burned and guided him to the warm waters of the tub. A kettle bubbled away on a stove in the center of the bathhouse, and the females used it from time to time to warm up the water in the tub. They scrubbed the filthy bear from head to toe, lathering his hair and beard, rinsing him off and lathering him up again. When they were satisfied that a decade’s worth of filth had
  9. Grumpy Bear
    That would be a definite "No" The protective instinct was instilled within the werebears by Odin at their creation. It is a part of their purpose for being. The bear-god may have the appearance of the bear but it is not of Odin, it is a minor deity within the realm of Celtic Animism. It has no protective instinct for anyone else but itself!
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    Hey @SnowBear! That's actually an idea that I've had rolling around in my brain since I decided to make Trophy Cub the first in a series, but like you said, I'm working on how to get the timelines to match up, since it has been established that werebears came to be alongside pagan humans. I'm thinking that maybe in a future story, we find an Ancient so old, he makes Matthias look like a cub, and he can say that HIS papa was a Cave Bear, or Arctotherium angustidens. Still noodling the idea around!
  11. Grumpy Bear
    It was nearing mid-afternoon the following day when the wolf guard entered the bears’ cabin. “Rieka has ordered a feast in celebration of the return of the lost sacrifice, and the restoration of balance within The People. You three bears are to be the guests of honor.” He noticed that Bill was untied from the bed and sitting with Marcus on the couch. “Has this one been persuaded to join us?” the wolf asked Marcus. “Yes,” Marcus replied, “He may still be a skeptic, but he wil
  12. Grumpy Bear

    Fever Dreams

    Grumpy Bear commented on Grumpy Bear's story chapter in Fever Dreams

    Then, you got the point. While the chapter wasn't intended to be political, it should leave you feeling mad, as the bear-god is using the same kinds of mental manipulation on poor Rodney as we see in political ads all the time!
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    Fever Dreams

    Grumpy Bear commented on Grumpy Bear's story chapter in Fever Dreams

    Please note that the words spoken by Rieka during the funeral for the boars are paraphrased from the actual Druid "Sacred Rite of Passing" as written by Chief of the British Druid Order, Philip Shallcrass.
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    Fever Dreams

    Grumpy Bear posted new chapter in Serpent Mound

    Rodney lay on the fluffy bed in the cabin’s bedroom, unconscious, writhing from the pain of the wound to his abdomen. Bill was partially correct about his injury. He had been poisoned, but not by bearsbane or any other known herb. He had been infected by the wights. At the Academy, the wights had seized upon the opportunity to invade his open wound, and once inside his body, they set to work, festering and inflaming it, preventing him from healing properly. As they occupied his body
  15. Grumpy Bear
    Marcus woke up in a soft bed in a darkened room laying next to Rodney. He was nude, and after a brief scan of the room, he saw his clothing folded neatly on a chair, along with Rodney’s. He looked at the sleeping Rodney, who was also nude. There was a large patch of gauze covering the wound on his belly from the fight with the boars, and blood had partially soaked through the bandage. He got out of the bed and padded across the floor. They seemed to be in a rustic but well-kept cabi
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    I think that's part of the nature of the wolf. When engaged in hand-to-hand combat their first instinct is to assert dominance and demand submission before making the kill. Apollo just wasn't expecting the enemy to vanish from their jaws before the killing bite! That was unfortunately a hindsight 20/20 issue for Bill, and the reason he shouted "Gods I'm such an idiot!" after seeing the mist come sweeping through the chimney into the apartment. (It was also a pretty convenient plot device for me, as well!) -- 💙 Grumpy
  17. Grumpy Bear
    The reveille call went out at 6 am as usual, but this morning, it was immediately followed by an announcement from the Headmaster through the campus loudspeaker system. “Cadets, as you wake today, you will notice that a military camp has risen on our Parade Grounds. For the next two or three days, the Academy will be host to an actual Special Forces unit conducting training exercises nearby. While they are here on campus, all classes and PT sessions are suspended. Their camp, the Parade
  18. Grumpy Bear
    It was nearly midnight when Thomas and Sam pulled into the Academy. The students were all asleep in the dorms, but the werebear teachers and staff were all awake and on patrol. Gary greeted them in the circular driveway as they pulled in. “You can drop your bags here and then park the truck around behind the main house in the teacher’s lot.” Gary instructed Sam, who got to work unloading the back with their spare clothing, camping, survival equipment, and a box containing a special electr
  19. Grumpy Bear
    The group gathered in the former ballroom of the mansion, which now served as an auditorium where the entire Academy could gather indoors for special events. Present were the entire werebear teaching and support staff, as well as Bernie, Joe, Manny, George, and Peter. Gary had considered sending Manny and Peter to their rooms, since they were the only two not privy to the existence of were-creatures but decided that they’d already seen too much; leaving them out of the discussions at this
  20. Grumpy Bear
    “I think we need to get out of the house!” the teenage blonde girl screamed at the others. “The doors are locked,” her muscular boyfriend yelled, shaking the doorknob futilely, “We’re trapped in here!” “It has us exactly where it wants us,” the dark-haired goth girl replied to them both. “None of us are getting out of here alive.” “If it wasn’t for you and your stupid Ouija board bullshit,” the other boy shouted, “We wouldn’t even be in this fucking mess, bitch.” “Why don’t
  21. Grumpy Bear

    Free Day

    Grumpy Bear posted new chapter in Serpent Mound

    The bugle sounding reveille went off at 6 am as usual, but today was Saturday. Not only was it Saturday, but Bernie and his friends had no sporting meets, kitchen duty or other assignments. It was a completely free day with which they could do as they pleased. Free days were not plentiful, but they occurred often enough that Bernie’s group had developed a system. They took turns deciding what to do as a group with their free day, and today was Manny’s turn. For the last few weeks, Manny
  22. Grumpy Bear
    Bernie reported to Gary’s office and sat on the couch, just as he had done every weekday for the last month since arriving at the Academy. He had been nervous for the first week, not sure what Gary was going to try to make him talk about, but he soon found the hour spent each day in the Headmaster’s office to be casual and relaxing. It seemed that Gary had been working backwards through his life. In their first session, he just wanted to talk about Walter and the Children’s Services prog
  23. Grumpy Bear
    Gary and Bill sat in front of the computer in Gary’s office. They were on a video conference with three of their Council representatives and Matthias, the Ancient. Representing the Council on the call were Gunnar, Axel and Thomas. “Here’s the situation, Gentle-bears,” Gary said, “We have a new cadet at the school as of this morning who has been orphaned and in foster care since the age of five. Bill and I have confirmed by scent that he’s bear kindred, but there’s a problem. He’s been b
  24. Grumpy Bear
    Hmm... If only the Bears had one of the Ancients on speed-dial who they can consult on such matters... 🤔
  25. Grumpy Bear
    Bill stood in at at-ease position with Bernie’s cap held in his hands behind his back. He watched the new cadet running back from the dorm building in his PT uniform carefully scanning the ground to the left and right of his path as he ran. When he got up to Bill, he stopped and stood up straight and still in front of him. “It seemed like you were looking for something on the ground as you ran back here, Cadet,” Bill said, “Am I right?” “Yes, Staff Sergeant,” Bernie replied.
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