Earthbound and Water Weird

Szürkal, 13th Dyarr YT330.

Thomäs Surka popped out of the grass in front of Ihkz. This was not uncommon behavior for Pokhoi, but it startled the water-mage more than he liked to admit. He had some knowledge of similar beings in his own country but they looked nothing like this. As small as Brimstone but green-skinned and entirely bald, the creature seemed preoccupied with something and muttered to himself. It seemed entirely oblivious to the effect of his singular appearance. Everyone was busy preparing to defend themselves. Most were concerned with the fate of their families, livestock and homes as well. but the Little Green Man was concerned with telling Ihkz that the Lady of the Grotto was a 'foreign devil' and that he must remove her and return the Lysha to her proper place. Ihkz wandered whether she was as 'foreign' as he was. The villagers who passed by in the twilight addressed it as Tomas Szürka, or Hagy Tumavek or sometimes just as 'Good-harvest'. When chatting about it he was referred to as the Maszükk, our Pokha or even the Little Green fellow but it soon became clear that the locals would probably do what it wanted them to do, if asked. They seemed to trust it never to ask them to do anything either 'good' or 'evil'. The village headman was alarmed when Thomäs told them about the denizen of there grotto but when Ihkz and Voltarr pointed out that the lady concerned had requested them to find her 'proper worshipers' they were even more alarmed that their Lysha had been lost.. Thomäs was still in a state of agitation. Hopping from one foot to the other it poured forth a stream of information. Most of it was unsought but it was all about various corrupting influences

• the lydarc kaá, satsas and dag sighted in caves previously uncorrupted
• men in black and dark blue robes who have been disturbing the harmony of the earth.
• a presence of the 'other-ones' (the blood drinkers, the wild nature forces)

No clear dates or accurate directions were to be had from the pokha. He seemed to pay little heed to intervals smaller than seasons and navigated without map or sight of the heavens. But the robed figures did bother it for some reason and Thomäs remembered a few specific facts

• one of them brought two Lydarc Dag into 'existence'.
• one of them used some foreign name which sounded like 'Bael'
• the men carried goat horns

As soon as the sun was full down the village heard ominous howling coming from the mountains. The sounds were vulpine but not solitary or furtive and they chilled everyone who heard them. They were not the sound of an ordinary pack. There was something about the howling that seemed almost like speech. The speech of cruel beasts, hungry for destruction!