"They are clearly masculine in nature though. If they are created as you say, I'm afraid we have to assume the worst for the captured patrols." - the paladin said grimly, staying silent afterwards, letting the meaning of her words sink in. She has heard of evil rituals that required dead bodies as a focus, if these things were anything like the cardinal suggested, the captured males might have been transformed, mutated or consumed in the process of creating them. The women's fate might have been even worse than that. All the more reason to exterminate all of these monsters for good.