Tallsun days such as these caused Toulouse to believe that he was not made of fire and fury like his desert-born bretheren seemed to be. For one who was built to run endlessly over dunes in the most dry and hottest of deserts, who by birthright was fashioned to withsand great pressure on his limbs and heart, Toulouse was most certainly not coping with todays heat. The Basin was more than miserable on days like this; It was when the true northerners complained the most. To Toulouse, who was not a northerner by any stretch of the imagination, these were the spritely summer days where the snow melted from the slopes in streams and the animals crept from their burrows - and so, so would he.  

Once the people of the Basin were in peace, their lives assured. Kaos loomed, clouding every thought and judgement. Once they were unafraid of the dark, unafraid to leave their caves, and unafraid to kiss and wave their farewells; it was for this reason that Toulouse now scoured the Threshold in search of recruits. It was the gateway to their continent, the only way in and out. If any worthy warrior, healer, crafter, counsellor or thief were to slip into Helovia's net, he would be sure to catch them untainted by another herd's strict regimes, harsh ordering and patrols.

It was as he pressed on through the fern, the firs, and stick and stone, that the most subtle of cries was caught by his ears. It was one whistled past him on the wind, the kind that had he not been paying much attention or if his mind was elsewhere, he would have surely missed it. Craning his crowned head upwards, Toulouse's curled ears pinned forwards. Half-expecting that it was an illusion, and that he'd not hear anything of the kind again, Toulouse began to peel his sights away when again, a great screech whistled past, one that was followed closely by a great growl and a THWACK! 

Instinct told the gelding to run. Run, leave them to deal with what was clearly their problem and nothing to do with him (it was also partly not instinct, but his own selfish mind), but curiosity truly did kill the cat.
What on earth would make such a roar?
Shaking his head, giving a gruff sigh the gelding pressed forth upon his dagger like hooves, his bonded serpent hissing in disproval for his master's actions. Over a creek and a meadow he bounded, ears pricks and nose flared, attempting to gather any information on what transpired through the approaching treeline before he was faced with it. A strange animal; one he had smelled only once before, and another equide - maybe even two, as there was two conflicting male and female scents.

Pushing through the trees with a great burst, the gelding feared he had arrived far too late. It had taken him at least fifteen minuted, maybe even a whole half of an hour to reach the bottom of the gully. The shouting, the roaring, the entire fight seemed to have come to a close, though still he ran on through the dale.
Bursting through the first treeline, plummeting to the valley floor, Toulouse continued his faltering strides upwards in the direction of the scents; though there was only one that he could smell and taste now. Blood. Shattering the bracken that dwelled on the edge of the meadow, he again broke into the next expanse of forest and cantered into a glade, soon to stumble upon an alabaster stag. His wounds were fearsome, his pure iridescent hide pitifully bashed. Though, he had no time to stop and wait for those who might already be walking their way to death's door. Following the trail of blood, one that he craved to touch, to even just bare down and smell, Toulouse soon stumbled upon the carcass of a great beast slumped to the ground. Striding in imediately, hardly missing a beat in his footfalls, the phantom looked over the assailant and his two equine victims. The creature was one like Mister Teatime; Maren's bonded, only this one was clearly foul and vicious - nothing like the splendid creature that accompanied the Diviner. The blood dripped, it curdled; it was certainly enough to cause his hungry head to spin and his blank eyes to stare momentarily before curiosity bit at his mind once more.
"What on earth has happened here" He boomed, looking from  the alabaster stag to the young doe, another victim.  

The attention of Toulouse's ears were stolen by movement to his right, his tightened jaws snapping quickly in the direction of the grounded pegasus, a gilded fighter who was now conscious it seemed; conscious and moving. Yet another gruff exhale was expelled from his lungs, escaping in a a vibrant sound from his nares as he surveyed the scene.
The beast was dead, that much was obvious, though in truth this was of great inconvenience to the sleuth. Much could be learned from anyone subjected to the right kind of prodding and probing, especially when faced with justice in the harsher northern realm of the continent. A head full of knowledge and secrets lay leaking on the forest floor beneath him, and as a seasoned agent and thief, this could only caused the pale on to curl his nostrils in disgust and disappointment. What a waste. Some hard questioning by the thieves at the basin would have surely been beneficial to gain any and all information from the predator if he was a sentient one like the other creatures gathered; pegasus, equine and unicorn alike.

The footfalls of another alerted and awoke the phantom from his trenching thoughts, his minty gaze flicking to the two who had approached with aeons of distrust, though he daren't concentrate on those who didn't diserve his attention for too long. It were these helpless, wounded beasts who needed saving.
The smaller of the two, a bloodied and bashed doe had bleated across the scene to the stallion with nothing but fear and shock emerging from her cries; it was a kind that reminded Toulouse of true terror. Primarily he would assume that they were travelling companions, a couple even, though something told him that their relationship was not an ancient one forged by the gods like many he had witnessed over the years.

'quelle—
veux-tu?'

It were these three melodic words that caused the snake-like gelding's snarl to cease. Those words, that accent, that musical bohemian language; it all reminded him of none other than all of the women he loved. His mother, a Qualian of T'det spoke with that fierce dialect just like his loveless, yet picturesque spouse had. Most recently, it was the ballerina assassin who had reminded him of his childhood and the melodic language he had grown up speaking; now it was this lamb, tucked under the snare of fox fangs and bone-like crowns.
"rien," the gelding uttered, his keen eyes looking directly upon her own "seulement pour vous aider."

His crown of horns turned to face the approaching male, one who looked as though he would fall under the weight of a feather upon his back. The pale one wished to assist him, tell him to stop immediately and lay flat until a healer could be called for, but something intimidated him, keeping him silent. Perhaps it was the stag's impressive ability to even stand after sustaining such wounds.
As he closed in towards the bleating fae, Toulouse allowed himself a pace or two forwards in an attempt to provide himself as a lean for the injured man, but also to protect the girl he strode over to protect. The man could hardly stand - if he were to fall he'd only injure her more.
Though, the words boomed by the boxer caused Toulouse to give a grunt of his own.

Stay back,
--or you'll end up like him.

so they were not a pair, or so Toulouse could only guess by their completely different dialects.
"I heard fighting, screaming. I rushed to aid you" the pale one snorted "You seemed to have taken care of... it. Though, it seems to have almost done the same to you. Whether you want it or not you have my help as an agent of the north" He didn't need to go into detail, not now - politics was best discussed when those discussing it werent near death.
"Lower your defences, my lord. You appear to be losing blood which means limited time before your blood pressure plummets-
... you won't come back to consciousness after that"

Looking to the other two gathered, and then the serpent that lingered upon his horns, Toulouse wondered what the best course of action might be. They needed a healer; an actual healer.
Tilney, Lyanna, Sacre... or whoever held a similar position in the north.
"In the west I know of three healers. We need one, at least; Tilney travels often, you might find him nearest." He directed his idea towards those gathered, particularly those with wings or who were bonded to companions with wings. If he was to leave he'd be running all day and night, and Boomslang was useless as covering ground.
"I fear these wounds might be fatal"