Belis
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Nothing from the old country even vaguely resembles what they are describing, but you have heard one story since moving to the colonies about an odd carcas that washed ashore on the goliath islands and was inspected by a wizard on a visiting ship. The creature was more purplish than blue and walked on four legs like a lobster, but would be around the right size, assuming some mage decided to alter it to look more humanoid, which of course can be done. No one knew its species; the goliaths referred to it as simply Bigclaw.
At the doctor (John, Marcel, the others if you go)
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The dwarf at the pier gave you directions to the, well, field hospital is probably the best description, where you could find Dartan and you make your way there, passing a few damaged buildings along the way.
You find a pale, thin (for a dwarf) man with a very short beard oving about among a few wounded patients, attempting to be friendly in their presence but looking detached and clinical in between. At your arrial, he looks up, moves close enough so that his tone will not carry back to his patients. You're not from here and you're not wounded. State your business or turn around because you've come to the wrong place.
When John asks about the corpses of the lobster-heads, Most of their remains were burned or tossed out to sea, but I did have one partially frozen for preservation until I could get a good look at it. These people come first, obviously. You can look at it if you think you can get something from it. He points to a small storage area out the back door of the clinic.
Still on the dock
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Fallon addresses the dwarf Quite right, Marcel, but we are also hear to gather information, should that be necessary. If you have the time, could you share with the two of us he gestures to Edwards Tactical data you have gathered or inferred about where their major cities are, attack formations etc. We will, of course, bring over medical supplies and foodstuffs we can spare for your wounded while this conversation occurs.
The dwarf nods and the three head off towards the Escinya Eagle.
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anyone who doesn't want to be with either group is free to wander