Saul replies to Josiah "Yes, hopefully friends. At least not enemies at this point. They live in a system of very hot caves near the river. They've already been quite informative as to the nature of several native humanoid species living on this world.
The raptorans, winged bird-men, sound like complete xenophobes, and we should beware attacks by them at dawn and dusk each day. There are killoren here which object to any disruption of the forests, so we should try to minimize the amount of trees we cut, and use alternative building materials if possible, to avoid drawing their ire. Perhaps we can use mud and thatch initially, and find a place to quarry stone later.
Finally there is some sort of ancient dragon on this world which has a cult following which worships it like a god. The dragon itself evidently only shows itself on one day per year, but its followers are known to try and infiltrate other societies, presumably to sabotage them.
The river itself is so hot as to be uncomfortable to the skin, but it seems drinkable. So we might consider moving our encampment to there, once we've broached the topic with the dwarves. How goes things here?"
