The Hydra
Three heads, and only one of them is listening.
She is old and she is patient, and she does not fight alone. When she leaves the circle, it is not because she is running.
The Chimera
You will see three of it. Two are lies.
Land a true blow and the truth slips into another skin. It made a bargain once, the books say. They do not agree about with whom.
The Wyvern
Watch the ground. The marks come first.
It nests among the statues of a city that no longer has a name of its own. On the ground it can be reached. It does not stay on the ground.
The Manticora
Your sword will not reach it. Find what feeds the shell.
A man's face, a lion's body, and a sting that throws fire. It stands in the middle of the water and waits for you to work it out.
Nolrat
The mirror was made for him. He remembers.
Everything the four guardians know, he taught them. Bring the glass whole, or do not come.
The lesser things
Each land breeds its own. They patrol, they gather, they run when they are losing and hide where you cannot see them. They are different after dark.
