Erin rode off into the woods, unawares that Lyra and run into his apprentice, Justinian.
His hair wet and matted down, he shivered. He hated the cold. He was a creature of fire and flames. He his physique and powers had been honed on the molten slopes of Mount Superior. He learned to love the heat and the tingling as waves of it washed over him, but water and cold slowed him down, leeched his strength, and made it harder to summon his fire to his fingertips. The warrior guided his mount thorough some tangled brush trying to track the whatever it was that had taken Lyra from the small town they'd rested in.
After several hours he grew increasingly agitated; there were no tracks. The mud had obscured them all. He swore to himself and slapped the saddle in frustration, causing his horse to start and whimper in surprise. "Sorry..." He sighed to the poor beast and gently stroked its neck soothingly, his fingers combing through the horse's fur and mane. There was little he could do, at least, as long as the rain continued like this.
The warrior slipped off the horse and sat, his back to a tree, his sword close at hand, just in case, and closed his eyes, hoping against hope that somehow, he'd be able to figure out where Lyra had been taken in the morning.