Chapter 05  Spirit Companion 
(difficulty recommendation: Peaceful)

Narrator: Upon returning to the waking world, you toss handfuls of sand on the campfire.  As the flames die, so too does the purple connection to the spirit world.  You have passed your test.  But now your true journey begins.  There is a piece of paper tucked under your sleeping furs.  The letter reads

Red Cloud:  Albarel it has been many moons since you went to Big Winds Mesa, and I fear you may never read this.   But I must warn you, should you find this letter.
There is a corruption in the land.  Your mothers people have not heeded our warning.  They cut deeply into the Earth and take from her without offering.  Our people are no longer safe here.  We have heard the angry earth rumbling and scouts warn  of strange creatures in the night.  It is time for me to lead my people out of this land.  Albarel it falls to you.  Your mother raised you as a boy among the white men  you have seen their greed.  But now you are a man and a warrior of the tribe.  You must stop the white man from their actions and set right what has been damaged.    If you are able to heal the wound, we can return.  Albarel, this is why you have been allowed to seek the vision quest  to save both peoples.

Narrator:  The sun climbs across the sky as you re-read the letter.  A harsh bark comes from the pit.  Could this be your spirit companion Red Cloud mentioned?  Tame the wolf, and then follow the footprints South until you find the railroad, then continue East back to town.
