Balir shrugs.  "I am confident.  But the thought of having a vampyre salamander does make me pause.  I do not know the magicks involved, so I cannot say whether that might be possible or not.  But I hope not.

Also, would an equine even fit in here, and would it's smell bring the salamander here?  Or perhaps the vampyre?  If we make the decision, we want to make sure the lady and her children are safe."

OOC  Just voicing the concern that immediately came to me as the player.

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 887):

"Vampyre smell humans, not mules...but if we are drawing off the Salamander, then it should not be an issue..."

OOC  In some vampyre environments, they just need blood.  Typically yes, it's human blood.  Balir wouldn't necessarily know that, however, so I thought it best to at least question that.

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 889):

There were signs of sheep having been dragged to the tower by creatures that killed the grass where they walked.


IQ rolls about how to learn more of the beast...

He nods at this news   Still a warm blooded animal.



[Private to GM:  12:48, Today: Aethul rolled 11 using 3d6.  IQ .  by 1 ]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 891):

Maybe ask the local witness

In reply to Narrator (msg # 892):

"Maam, what do you know about these things?"

Balir considers the data available, and pulls a memory almost forgotten from the stories he was told as a child...

[Private to GM: Passes the roll by 1
15:11, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 10 using 3d6.  Balir IQ 11.]

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 894):

"The beast? It is a great thing, longer than three cows, with many legs. It spits flame, and fire dribblesfrom its jaw. It digs like a mole, with a fin cutting through the surface. Its footprints smolder."

In reply to Farm worker (msg # 895):

"And what do you know of the vampires?"

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 896):

"The leeches have not been seen since my mother was young, when the tower was sealed by Monseigneur Lareaux towards the end of the plague."

In reply to Farm worker (msg # 897):

"Right. Our plan is to set the beast against them...what do you think about that idea?"

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 898):

"I...I don't know. Bringing the beast here means it may burrow, and come for us from underneath!"

In reply to Farm worker (msg # 899):

"I can see that you might be disconcerted by being devoured underneath although if it were not that beast doing so, it might not be all bad."

Balir's head snaps around at the comment made by the faun.  They had talked plenty during their travel.  Balir considered him a good companion, and had no ill will towards him.  However, this comment came off quite wrong.  "If I took your meaning right, that comes off as a little rude, considering her husband has just disappeared. She's probably very worried about his safety, and keeping her children alive."

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 901):

Kirpich also did not get the message of the faun, but he did pick up on something the woman said.

"The Beast burrows? It is not mindless?"

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 902):

The woman did not appear to have read any meaning i to the Faun's words, but he is, after all, a faun, and this is the forst woman he has seen since leaving Northport; it was raining at the Sahudese village. And at night...

"Have you seen him?  The beast digs like a mole, sometimes you can see its burrow  as it come close to the surface, and when very close, its back fin rises up like a fish aboat to breech."

In reply to Farm worker (msg # 903)

" I have only seen him at a distance. And it breathes fire, right?] Why does it not attack the vampyre castle?"

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 904):

"It is a beast. I know not wat it seeks. Did you see Jean?"

Balir recognizes that it's possible the Faun's comment was innocent, although he doubts it. With a bit of an eye roll he speaks to the lady in a  ore even tone.  "We did not see him, no."

But I will try and track him, if you give me some idea of where he was going.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 907):

"Alright. You go and see if you can track it and lead or guide it to the castle. We will try to stay back and watch in case you need help, and follow it at a great enough distance to avoid distracting it."

Him, Kirpich, the Ladies Husband! After that we can worry about the monsters assorted...

[Private to GM: 14:06, Today: Aethul rolled 11 using 3d6.  Tracking.   By 4]

Balir nods.  "Agreed, let's go.  Before he falls afoul of the Vampyre or the salamander."

In reply to Aethul (msg # 909):

"I think you have your priorities around the wrong way. Deal with the monsters, and then we have a chance of finding the ladies husband instead of witnessing his death Or hers...."