Juno thought for a moment and then said, "There have always been stories in the Wastelands about the Highland Tribe and the werewolves killing each other. But every version said the same thing: that the Highland Tribe and the werewolves were locked in a fight to the death, each trying to wipe out the other. I never imagined the Highland Tribe and the werewolves came from the same bloodline."

Among Dragonfang, Juno had spent the longest time in the Wastelands, so she knew more than most.

Othniel replied, "Actually, those stories were all wrong. In the beginning, the Highland Tribe and the werewolves were like brothers, not mortal enemies. The first ancestor of the Highland Tribe, Arcturus the Unbroken, and the first progenitor of the werewolves, Fenrir Marrock, were both slaves of the vampires.

"That was an age when darkness ruled the world, so ancient it is hard to imagine. Among all the vampire slaves, Arcturus and Fenrir were the strongest and most ferocious."

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