Eoni Daflin:
"We've been following the Rhest trail, or at least as much as we can find of it,"</Rose> she swept her arm out to encompass their soggy surroundings, "and seen no sign of anyone else before this beast assaulted us.
"We'd be happy to help you search the area. If owl and rider were attacked as one, Lanikar may be nearby."
The elf grabs the jade band from the slain owl, reads it, and appears sullen. He turns away from the adventurers and spends a few moments examining the slain razorfiend. With his back to the adventurers, the elf says,
"Lanikar would not have willingly left his owl behind. I suspect, as much as it pains me to admit it, he met his fate at the jaws of that beast over there..."
Turning now to face them, he introduces himself as Killiar Arrowswift of the Tiri Kitor tribe. The other elves remain quiet during the encounter and keep their distance from the adventurers, obviously ill at ease with them. These elves are wild and primal in appearance, quite unlike the elves that sometimes pass through Elsir Vale from distant lands.
Killar exchanges brief greetings with each of the adventurers and remarks,
"It is quite fortuitous and suspect you have entered our lands, in dark times such as we find now. Speaker Sellyria will want your accounting of The Speaker of Eth's message and the War you claim sweeps across human lands."
The elves behind Killiar exchange startled glances between one another, a few muttering beneath their breath.
Killiar holds up a hand to silence his companions and continues,
"Will you come freely?"