Seconds after you transcribe the first line of the runic message, you hear a series of loud hissing sounds behind you. I would turn around slowly if I were you…

When you do get turned around, you see that a 6 foot tall Runespoor has all six eyes staring at you. The orange and black stripped three-headed snake is coiling up, ready to strike. Do you know enough about this creature to protect yourself?

Their tongues flicker in and out of their mouths, tasting the air to see if you are a threat. Apparently it didn’t like what it tasted, because soon enough they hiss and show their fangs.

The middle head of the Runespoor strikes at your shield, smacking its head against the silver metal. The right head begins hissing at the middle head extremely disapprovingly. The left head hisses at the others, urging them to quickly move their long body around your shield.