“Plenty of news about them, mind. Sounds like they’ve been coming further down out of the Teeth, stealing livestock and such when folk aren’t watching. Must’ve been a bad winter up there.”

"Their tunnels lead into a wyvern lair," Elsa chimed in. "When they captured Tatiana here, they wanted to feed her to the beast. 'The Big One', they call it. Maybe they think it won't eat them as long as they keep it well-fed."

She blew on some scalding stew and tasted it tentatively. "Now... if Wadim lives among them, this complicates things. We can't just kill our way to him. Do you think parlay can be attempted? Meet some goblins and ask them for the one-eyed man?"