((Make a Diplomacy check, to measure how effective your positive-rumor-mongering is...))<br/><br/>He spends some time dealing with his people, gathering evidence against the bard, and dispatching a strike team to deal with the turtle; in the process, the team discovered an old fisherman, who used to use that area before the turtle drove him out. He offered to sail the team across the lake, if they were planning to deal with it, so he could have his favorite fishing spot back.<br/><br/>In the meantime, he's approached with a few rumors of dangerous beasts; one band of woodsmen claim there's a green dragon, lurking in the southern reaches of the Narlmarshes, having stumbled across another camp that had been torn apart and partially eaten, with a survivor who spoke of a green-scaled lizard, with wings and terrible claws and teeth. Another group of settlers, arriving from Galt, include an alchemist who is interested in the properties of troll's blood - he heard there was an infestation in this region, and wanted to procure some samples, at least a waterskin's worth. Finally, a flirtatious, rather...<em>open</em>young woman named Lily Teskertin would approach him, somewhat more privately, and mention that she's always been fascinated by elven craftsmen, but has never owned an example of such superb work. She’s heard rumors of an old elven ruin in the southern Narlmarches; if anyone could find the ruins and salvage from them an example of elven workmanship, she would be EVER so grateful...<br/><br/>((Make a Loyalty check for the kingdom, to see how well Talia can dig up information.))