<div class="floatleft"><strong>Grimjaw</strong><br/>(https://checkerbpg.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IronJaw.jpg)</div><br/>Grimjaw looks on Guan, as she measures him he remains calm as he replies; "Without Glysora I would not be meeting you, by her and your presence you all have likely received a dark blessing. Only lieutenants of overlords get those and that makes them mighty but also cursed, as no gift is without a drawback. But none the less a dark blessing makes you more potent, more useful. So thus why I even offer you additional reward besides the bounty as cut off from slave income is felt already and agitates local merchants and buyers.<br/><br/>Most valuable thing, always, in sanguine market is blood. Life source which many denizens of the night crave and thirst after, this tradition was started by ancient vampire courts and thus formed foundation of Sanguine Market. But your not vampire so your not interested in blood. But risking your life for my city profits is viewed favorably. You desire something exceptional, something unique? Well, I can dig and look around is there such thing in the market at the moment but I can do inquiries while you go perform your task.<br/><br/>What comes how I am measured; I am no one's lieutenant and thus have no dark blessing myself but nor weakness which exploited. Fighters with yours attitude I ate for breakfast when I was a slave in the arena, until by blood I won my freedom and then years later lost it on slavery of another kind. Until I won it as well and took my mistress place in this keep. So I view myself accomplished but I admit it has been decades since I had a fight at all. But what I can tell from your stance and looks is that your smart, thirsty for challenge but yet I see absence of any other weapon besides your nicely looking weapon. Most fighters back always a backup weapon but you treasure single weapon above such utility. Either choice or part of your dark blessing deal.<br/><br/>Either way I can measure with gaze alone your less experienced than I and your physical strength is less than mine as well. However martial prowess surpasses all those factors in a unnatural manner, your like twice skilled than your body displays to be. However even with twice enhanced martial prowess your still fall shorter than me in my prime as gladiator and I haven't truly tested what I am capable now centuries later as a vampire. If wonder why I draw this sort analysis? I studied a lot and I have faced more fighters in my existence than you and your grandparents have combined met personally in their lives." In the way and how calmly lord Grimjaw analyzed Guan was disturbing, in sense his gaze suddenly became piercing and he literally stripped Guan naked in his eyes. Not in carnal fashion, but literally analyze everything about her what he mentioned; her relative 'level', her strength score and her proficiency with her chosen weapon.....and draw conclusion what absence of other weapons mean about her.<br/><br/>Grimjaw looks on Ja'rok and nods and replies; "Reasonable varied requests, can check what our enchanters can do and if nothing else you get prime platinum tier choice of your slave in the market. Platinum is the best tier of slaves both in rarity and also obedience. What comes to alpha I doubt it's a vampire. However idea of vampire controlling wolves is possible but only lord Crimson managed control direwolf packs. On his death these packs were normal for while until recently they turned upon city's business. However I suspect alpha be intelligent creature some kind, my guess a very cunning worg. As worgs are sentient wolf-like creatures which can be cunning if old or clever. Same way how winter wolves are but coloring does not match and winter wolves fear fire. But then again worgs usually have no magical powers but some scholars theorize sorcerers can be possible. If they learn cast without using somatic components."