#halvar

             “Agur will see you.” Tarin said with a relaxed smile as he came through the door.

             “Thanks.” Halvar said softly as he pushed off the wall, allowing the guard to take his place. He took a deep breath and walked into the king’s study sheepishly. He still couldn’t think of a good enough excuse. Not that it would matter, he wasn’t a child anymore. Agur was well past scolding him. He would simply be redirected back to the meeting.

             “Halvar,” Agur said as the naim drew close. He glanced up from is book briefly. “I wonder you keep trying to guard me and not at the city gate where you won’t be discovered so quickly.”

             “The guards at the gate are a bit more forceful. Your personal guard knows you’ll find me.” Halvar said as he took a seat.

             “I need you in the planning meeting. We’ll have refugees pouring into the city soon, we need to be ready.” Agur’s voice was calm.

             Halvar nodded.

             “You’d make an excellent guard, Halvar, but I need you to help Dariel.” He paused. “Now.”

             Halvar looked over to the wizard whose eyes remained on his book, slowly moving across the page. He wondered how many times the wizard had read that particular book. Had he forgotten it in some age past? He sighed and got to his feet. “Apologies, my king.”

             Agur said nothing as the naim made his way out of the room. He wasn’t exactly frustrated though he wished to have lasted a little longer than he did. Sometimes Eban would leave him for an hour before turning him in.

             “See you later, Halvar.” Eban said as he passed.

             Halvar stopped and looked back at the guards. “You know its not a lack of trust in you guys, right?”

             The corner of Tarin’s mouth turned up in a grin.

             “We know.” Eban said with a nod.

Habitat

Vesserus live further south than Phirrons and Orpus as they don’t have as much insulating blubber that they do. Vesserus create burrows in soft cliffs and land to live in. They can be commonly found along the coastline where there is sand and softer materials to burrow and dig through.

Diet

- Smooth Snake

- Common European Viper

- Grass Snake

- Atlantic Puffin

- Great Grey Owl

- Seagull

- Great Skua

- Geese

- Loon

- Gannet

- Kittiwake

- Auk

- Razorbill

- Insects (occasionally)

Adaptations

- Frill around head to both make self look bigger to predators and soak up the sun with the surface area of the frill

- Head frills can also be used to display to impress mates

- Two fangs on the front of jaw which can inject a mild paralysis venom to make catching prey easier (is mainly for subduing snakes but works for birds as well

- Long, sharp claws on front feet to help grip prey and hold it down so they can bite down on the prey to kill it

- Can walk on both four and two legs whenever they need

- Wing claws are used to climb cliffs and are also used to defend themselves in fights

- Hind claws are also extremely long to grip birds when diving after them

- Three huge spikes on the end of their tails which they will use to defend themselves from hunters and other predators

- Spikes on the back of their necks to defend themselves from the back

- Scales are usually earthy and stony tones which disguise them against their habitat

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