"Who are you, and what are you doing in this part of the forest?"
Several things pass through my mind looking at the person before us. A person of strong body and strong mind no doubt, the fierce bark wood mask hides their identity and the fall of their ragged hair over their chest conceals their gender.
But none of that matters much. Certainly not as much as the spear behind them. Although the spear had detonated, blown off the newly born snake head in an inferno I felt even at this distance from it, the weapon still stands, stuck in place in the ground, unmoved and seemingly undamaged by it's own fury.
That's a very nice weapon.
As Anselm shifts closer to me and Shaco slithers back onto my shoulders through my sleeves our present company cautiously takes steps back, retreating to their weapon.