Mountain climbing had been much easier when Asteris was in her big dragon form. Scaling heights, especially mountains, were easy when you were a giant dragon that could summon death. But in her small human form, it was decidedly much harder to scale the mountain. Asteris had found herself slipping, tripping, and stumbling her way up, partly due to the mountain itself and partly due to not being used to using human form. Her only reprieve from the litany of sudden surprised squeals and fumbling up the mountains was the fact that she had brought nothing with her as she made her climb. "This is stupid..." She muttered to herself as she looke back the way she came and briefly considered giving up. "No, I'm more than halfway up already, might as well keep going." Taking a deep breath she continued to move up.
There was a reason for Asteris not resorting to flight or body type advantage. It was to join the guild that had made its home at the very top of the mountain. Her reasoning was that if it was on top of the mountain then obviously the way up to it must be some sort of challenge. Aster didn't cheat challenges, overwhelmed them with brute force yes, but never cheat. Flying or making the climb easier in any way was cheating it in Aster's eyes.
There was a reason for Asteris not resorting to flight or body type advantage. It was to join the guild that had made its home at the very top of the mountain. Her reasoning was that if it was on top of the mountain then obviously the way up to it must be some sort of challenge. Aster didn't cheat challenges, overwhelmed them with brute force yes, but never cheat. Flying or making the climb easier in any way was cheating it in Aster's eyes.