The cliffs were dangerous. Everyone said it, over and over again like he couldn't understand the first time. Aaheru wasn't dumb though. Sure he crept up the last rock to where he felt the wind rushing over the cliff's top, but he wasn't an idiot. Up here, the sun warmed his skin and scales, keeping him comfortable. No place really compared to here when it came to catching sun. As a part reptilian race, such things mattered. Unlike those dumb birds that dwelt in the forest, his clan deserved this contested land. What did they need this for when they got the favored trees? Letting out a little huff, he hefted his scimitar before sneaking forward.

Aaheru wore a cocky, but cautious expression that matched his unskilled grip on the weapon. Though only warriors and those with a specific task and warrior escorts were allowed on the cliffs, he went and climbed up from the desert lands below anyway. To his right, an ocean crashed against the cliffs and not far ahead, a blanket of green stretched out in the opposite direction of his home. Aaheru grit his teeth. A second later, he grinned outright. "Well isn't this the stupidest rule ever?" he complained, twirling his scimitar in one hand. "There's not even anyone out here! Hah! I can win this territory all by myself!" He stopped, nearly tripping over a small rock. Righting himself, he noticed something not far away.

By now, he'd wandered farther than he realized and if he gave himself a chance to think about it, he might feel uneasy, but something far more interesting consumed his mind--a flash of oranges and red. He realized in an instant that the intrusion was one of the bird clan and his nemesis. The scales along his cheeks and his hair began to shift with aggression, turning bright with varied colors, though the tips of his hair stayed white as it always did.

Aaheru charged forward until he came right up to the enemy and thrust his scimitar out with his dark eyes narrowed. "Stop right there, bird! This is reptile territory now! How about your flit back to your stinky green trees!" he demanded, ending with a smirk. Yeah, he could totally do this. He sounded so commanding no one could say no. Right?