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A Peaceful Autumn Stroll

The old tigerkin had worn many hats in his long life. In his youth, he was an officer in the Oplentian military, hunting down threats to the city. Then, when Edmund was conceived, he took a safer job working as captain of the Oplentian city guard. Disgusted by the corruption around him, he turned traitor and began working with the criminal Volpes.

And though he was in a new city, working yet another new job, this time as a forest ranger, Azurium strangely never felt out of place. If anything, strolling the city in the fall season, trees shedding leaves turned beautiful shades of orange and yellow, the smile he wore on his face, warm and sincere, said more than he could with words.

If he could play even a small part in safeguarding this continued prosperity with his role in the Ranger Corp, that would be enough. Doubly so since this is the place that molded his son, Edmund, into the fine young man that he was today when he himself proved unequal to the task.

He knew there was a chance Edmund may never want anything to do with him. And even if that possibility hurt more than anything else ever could, he still had to try to do better: Be better.

To Azurium, this was a strong start.

I’ve always been delighted by the Autumnal Season, so when this YCH was being offered by Marsel-Defender in November of 2023, I had to grab it for myself. Though it’s redundant in light of Azurium, the Monster Wrangler, it was a good excuse to get him in a more casual pose.