A dark, horned shape arose from the crotch of the sleeping Velus. Fred panicked, grabbed a handful of jewels and ran like hell. He leapt over rocks, emerged into the sunlight and charged down the mountain. He only stopped out of sheer exhaustion. He laid there for a while, then went on to the nearest village. With just one of his jewels, he bought the goodwill of the entire bar. Drinks for all! A place to sleep and some priest-blessed gaurds to bar his door. (Priests were a way of finding honest men. They could do a short prayer and a certain spell and those who were honest would glow with a soft green light for a few minutes. This caused a booming business in bodygaurd services). Fred slept for several hours. But even his honest gaurds could not stop the strange thing that appeared in Fred's room. What was it?
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