Void Dimension

Being the weakest in a family of strength is a hard thing. That was the life dealt to Beaten Path. Her family up until her birth had never had an Esurio among them. There were the occasional Lues but they considered themselves 'blessed' to be eternally strong. Then Beaten Path was born and their blessings broke. This angered the Herd and once she was weaned she was all but ignored by the adults aside from the minimum care a young one needed to survive - for there was strength in numbers even if one of those numbers was weak - and bullied by her peers. This put a hardness in Beaten Path's heart. She never had anyone to support her the way she wanted, the way she saw others in her Herd doing for one another. Even her own mother at one point told her in frustration 'I am shamed for bearing you.' Angered and broken-hearted the Esurio finally had enough and ran away, deciding that life alone was better than this misery.

But then, during a bad storm about a year later as she was trying to shelter in a thicket that was really too small for her Beaten Path was found by someone: a Caradras! Willing Errand Boy had been out gathering herbs for his Legion's healer when he'd stumbled upon the Rynther as he sought shelter for himself. He'd spied the herb he'd been looking for - the thicket that Beaten Path had by happenstance sheltered in - and in hoping for a quick success nearly snatched her tail instead of the plant! After apologizing for the mistake and explaining his errand he convinced the suspicious bovine to follow him to a cave he'd spotted earlier in the day to shelter. It was a tense few hours though slowly, mostly by talking about his Legion Willing Errand Boy got Beaten Path to talk. What surprised her was that he very well understood her feelings. He was also born among the lowest rank in his family and had been bitter about it. He was occasionally bullied by his older brothers who were warriors. Though there were other Byrren among them he saw nothing glorious about them and hated his life. But then his granddam told him something that turned his life around: 'You cannot change who you are, but you can be the best 'you' that you can be. You are Byrren. What happens if there are no Byrren to make armor or keep the history of the Legion? What happens if there are no Byrren to bury the dead, to watch over the foals of the warriors when they go to fight, or make shelter when we are without? The Legion would suffer, even be destroyed. The roots of the tree may be buried in the dirt but without them the leaves wither and die. So what kind of Byrren are you?" Those words struck home and changed his life. After that Willing Errand Boy changed entirely. He decided that he would be the ultimate helper to the Legion, learning to do everything that a Byrren might need and though he is far from a master of any one skill it means that wherever there's gap in the ranks he can step up to take his place. This new perspective had also given him a keen eye for seeing the value in others and he saw great potential in Beaten Path… if she was willing to give herself the chance. By the time the storm stopped she had begrudgingly decided to accept his offer to go back with him, though what purpose she could have in a Caradras Legion Beaten Path had no idea.

A month later she found out when a rockslide buried the entrance to a ravine where several foals and their caretakers had sheltered from a threatening Legion. Though strong the Caradras simply didn't have the sheer muscle power needed to move the biggest stones as their warriors were tired and injured from the battle. But when they contrived a harness Beaten Path was able to move the stones enough to get them out.

Though being welcome among the Legion Beaten Path knew she would never be a Caradras and couldn't live fully happy in their regimented ways, so a couple of months later she departed from their company. However she was no longer alone: In one another's eyes Beaten Path and Willing Errand Boy had seen their own souls reflected They had both forged through a difficult trail - in Beaten Path's case was still forging through it - and felt together they could tear a clear trail when pressed to do so. Though always welcome among the Legion a new home awaited them and they have now found it with Void.