<strong>Marcia</strong><br/><br/>Silas gazed upon Marcia seriously as she spoke, listening to her without interruptions. He waited a moment after she was done speaking her thoughts no the first matter at least, but seeing as that was all she was going to say right away, he drew a deep breath before starting to speak. The elven man's voice was calm and relaxed, but his eyes alert and keeping a watch over her companions as well as her.<br/><br/>"The Sea-Devils are only one of the threats of this island, and the other islands nearby contain other varieties as well. This place is also capable of changing people that get too close to something unnatural. However, the threat of the sea-devils is their colony at the Bloodrock bay. They are monstrous, but they too seem to appreciate some calmness from the worst of the tide. They come to relatively shallow waters, and have some sort of a settlement of their own built, afloat the bay's waters. If they showed any respect for human life or elves it would be worth negotiating with them, perhaps, but their first instinct about people seems to be to kill and destroy."<br/><br/>Closing his eyes and nodding his head faintly, he continued. "Their teeth make for surprisingly good material for needles, hooks and alike, the bone is surprisingly durable. Their hide serves as a sturdy leather once taken, but it can be gruesome if you think of the fact its off of something as intelligent as the people here. Thing is, they seem smart and sociable, but only among their own kind. They have no consideration for us 'land-dwellers'. Of course, their numbers never seem to grow too big, they have their own share of natural enemies near the bay too."<br/><br/>Silas looked upon her seriously, then shrugging briefly. "Its been over thirty years I saw their colony. Back then the settlement's men attacked there. Twenty men went there. Four of us came back, and wounded." He pulled on a pant's leg up to reveal a jagged scar along his leg, as well as something a bit off. The skin's coloration was closer to a grey shade similar to the sea-devils own skin. "If you plan to deal with them, I suggest a lot of more caution."<br/><br/><strong>Mandy</strong><br/><br/>"There's no apothecary here really, there's an old woman who knows about herbs and her son has been learning the craft, but I think someone with more knowledge about that would be of use. As for mercenary work, there's always something to be done." The mayor smiled faintly and bowed her head to the group.<br/><br/>"Though most important one would probably be escorting the traders to the larger settlement later on. That would take a while to travel through all the ground there is to cover though, and could end up being fairly tiring, but the journey there and back must be successful if we want to live comfortably. We have enough supplies to usually last over a bad season if something happens, but these journeys bring back things people want or need here, but that we cannot create ourselves."<br/><br/>She seemed to think of something for a moment, her expression darkening. "There's also a task I'd hate to ask you to do but that might help us a great deal. There's a monstrous being in the forest that seems to attack anyone that goes too far into the forest, especially those travelling alone. That's made it very dangerous for the young girls that used to visit the old Shrine there to do old magic." The woman shrugged and sighed.<br/><br/>"The Altar of Stars has been left alone for months now."