Luckily it had been a warm summer night for the fisherman that had sailed down the river from Malvec on a two-weeks fishing trip. They were returning home not only with some delicious salmon, they were also bringing with them a young travels who had Malvec as her next destination.
The sun was rising on the horizon, the sun rays hitting her face and the sound of the birds singing awakened Jannette, who was sleeping onto some sacks of potatoes, she rubbed her eyes slowly and stood up, making sure not to trip with any bag she walked to the bow of the small ship.

"Good Morningstar, Miss! With such a beautiful day we will arrive home shortly. You will love Malvec"

One of the fishers greeted Jannette with a huge smile that could be seen through his long and thick black Beard. Jannette smiled softly and with her left hand moved away a lock of hair waving in front of her hair due to the wind.

"Good morning yo you too, Sir. In deed I have heard Malvec is a wonderful place."

The conversation was interrupted when the woman saw a tall bell tower on the horizon, soon she could see more and more buildings.

"Ah! Home at last!"
Said the fisher, soon the ship reached the port. Jannette helped the fisherman to take the product the to the street market, where the wives were waiting to sell the fishes as soon as possible.
The place was crowded, all kind of ítems were sold and bought. Jannette wandered around until her stomach growled, and since it was already midday she went into a tavern

"Some beer and pork, please."
Jannette said without paying much attention to the bartender, he on the other hand stared at her for a few seconds.
"Right away, young one. I'm sure I would remember such a pretty face like yours. You are not from Malvec, are you?".

"In deed I am not from around here. I am on my way yo the warriors Academy."

Twas quite a long trip. first 3 and half days on land riding with some farmers to the coast, nearly 2 weeks at sea with trade merchants who brought a young dark skin man from obviously another continent to foreign waters where they'd drop him off at. Slightly familiar with the common language of this foreign land, the dark skinned individual thanks the merchants for the ride before asking directions to Malvec.

It had to have taken about another week of walking to get close to the Malvec borders. With his traveling bag and determination for his hopes of joining the Warriors Academy to gain recognition not only for himself but for his people and to get this opportunity to travel the world, the young dark skinned male walked into the territory.

It was maybe about 2 hours later that he came upon the market place where he needed to maybe get something to eat and drink and rest for a bit before continuing to find the school itself. There were some people that stared at him as not being someone commonly seen here but most looked away. There must've been many people from many cultures that's pass through this place before. Jafari gave a sigh of relief when finding a tavern and entered before walking over to the bar area trying to remember the words correctly of this foreign language. Eh...May..please have...water....and...chicken? I pay you.... He said pulling out a sack of copper of his land's currency.

Jannette turned her head to see the one talking with such a broken english, her eyes got wide open when she saw such a big man standing behind her, she almost fell from her chairs as the man sure was intimidating.

"A-ah...Yes, Yes... Water and chiken. Right away sir."
The bartender said a bit sacred and went into the kitchen walking as quick as possible.

Well, now we are two who are not from around here. What brings you to Malvec? Oh, by the way, my name is Jannette Millford. A pleasure to meet you.

She said with a smile, the bartender arrive with the water and beer, the girl took her mug and rised it.

Cheers!

After Jafari placed his order, he was wondering to himself what was the bartender's problem? Jafari stood about 6'2-6'3. Even though he was a little thin, you could see this guy had some muscle. Along with his facial expression, he did look a little intimidating especially with his eyes being that of golden brown like a lion's.

Jafari looked down to the female that was speaking to him. He had paused as to not say anything to her at first because he had to pay close attention to what she said and process in his mind what she was asking him and how to answer. Hew pointed to himself Jafari...Owusu... He answered. Me came for school...of warrior...nice meeting. He gave a slight bow with a slight smirk.

Once the water came out. He took the cup and turned to Jannette who rose her mug up. Jafari could only raise his up by copying her. Sort of like back at home to give thanks to life before consuming. Jafari gave her a nod before drinking up. He took a good look at her. Not ever seeing a girl like her before. Whatever she was wearing didn't look like something someone would normally wear but it may have been a cultural thing. You warrior?

"Ah, yes. I guess you can say I am a warrior, not a good one but I guess that is why we are heading to Academy, right?"

Jannette said with a bright smile. The bartender arrived with the food they had ordered, the girl's eyes shined at the sight of such a delicious-looking pork steak.

"Here it is, eat to your heart's content!"
The man said with a smile from ear to ear before leaving them alone, he had more costumers comming, many of them seemed to be quite young, perhaps they were going to Merlot too.

Hearing the young woman out speaking she was not a very good warrior but a warrior nonetheless, Jafari was a bit curious. What is goal? He asked her wondering what is her end goal going to the same school of warriors as him? He had his reasons for why he joined but what was her reasons?

When the food came out, Jafari's sense of smell took over, smelling the meat along with the seasons that dressed it up. Looking at the food, it was prepared a little differently but the first taste was quite enjoyable. Jafari noticed other young ones like Jannette and himself coming in. Apparently these people were potential rivals as well.

Jannette took a sip of her beer while thinking how to answer to Jafari's question, she ended up drinking half of her mug.

"I have to take care of the family bussines, you see, my father is the leader of a mercenary company. Many say I am suited to replace him when the time comes...but I want to show them, and my father, what I'm worth.

Her smile had disappeared when she started talking about her reason for joining Merlot but soon realized there was no need to ruin the good mood and gave her beer another sip.

"What about you, big boy? I'm sure you have a good story to tell"

From what he made out, Jafari realized that this girl must've came to get the training needed to take over where he father leaves off. It made sense. It was a bit different than what he was there for. He watched her smile disappear but did she really want to do this? He wondered for a moment before she asked him the same question.

Hope things go good. Me...I from warrior tribe. Foreign people come my land. Learn new language. Want to see...world outside land. I learn in foreign land...to teach tribe about outside lands......eh....man like you...eh....say...Malvec warrior school. I can learn there... Jafari needed to get a little better with his language but for the most part, he was able to get out some of what he was trying to mention.

There were foreign people that came to his tribe's land to teach his tribe their native tongue and hearing about them being warriors, foreigners spoke about a school that trains ones to be the best. Jafari's people were not familiar with the lands outside their own and warned Jafari that he could end up in a dangerous situation and be made a slave like his ancestors of old that were taken by foreigners. Jafari wanted to learn more about the world beyond his land to come back and share with his people so that someday....his culture could connect with other cultures.

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Andus looked out over the bow of the ship, the water spread out before him like a glittering field, the shore of his destination grew larger on the horizon, Malvec, home of the warrior academy, the strongest fighters travel far and wide to study under the masters of this school. Andus walked to the captain of the ship, "Soren, when we reach shore take the goods and do the trading, however, do not keep the men here long, we have little knowledge of these people, and I don't want any misunderstandings." The grizzled looking captain nodded to the young lord as they reached shore.

Andus stepped on to the dock, his families green and gold flag emblazoned with a black bear, fluttered over their ship. "Move out men, get the supplies unloaded!" a voice shouted, from behind him, Andus assisted the men in the offloading and the setting up of his own supplies, he traveled this far with these men, he wouldn't merely leave them all the work.

Dahlia pulled the reigns on her horse, making him slow to a stop. She looked around, her eyes narrowed, as if it would help her see further. To her right, there were voices, and a ship had just docked. Many of the men were unloading cargo off of the boat, while others left and went into town. Parting the horse's neck and rubbing it encouragingly, she tapped his sides, making him begin walking.

She let her eyes wander over the working men, what their cargo was... she was nosey. "Excuse me," she called out to any of them men that would respond. And she got a response alright. Whistles and derogatory remarks. "Yeah, thank you," she said with a roll of her eyes as she began moving forward again. "Pricks," She mumbled to herself. So, she continued in through the docks until an came upon the town. Without stopping, she walked through, her eyes searching for a place to grab a drink. A drink, drink.

When she finally found it, she tied the horse up outside and walked in. Pulling her hood back, Dahlia' s eyes scanned the room. She took a deep breath and walked up to the bar. She plopped down in a seat and rested her elbows on the bar, burrying her face in her hands. Dahlia groaned softly before pulling her hands down and tapping on the bar. "Excuse me," she said with a warm smile, trying to get the bar man's attention. "A drink that's strong, and food that's warm. I'm not picky," she stated with a smile.