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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trouvere" data-source="post: 5252639" data-attributes="member: 37250">Rollfar mouths a silent 'Oh' on hearing those names."I heard, well, I am not certain.  Slithering, slurping, a sound that makes me think of wet leather against stone." She shudders.  "I saw nothing I can be sure of - the shadows drawn together into a hunched black shape that I lost in a moment.""Spelding Square is just on the other side of these houses.  Have you heard of it?  Fishermen bring their catches to the pier.  Fish are gutted right there, and salted or dried in the sun.  There's a market held once a week.  I'm sorry, that's not important.  I'm a little nervous."[sblock=Midias, Peladus, Pendrake][sblock=Midias]The teachings of the Church of Hyrag on undead make frequent mention of the stench of decay by which some undead abominations may be detected, notably the type of ghoul known as the ghast.  There is also a ghoul called the lacedon that lurks in water, preying on shipwrecks.[/sblock][sblock=Peladus]Some alchemical texts speak of the distillation of vinegar in an alembic to make a more powerful acid that can sear flesh.[/sblock][sblock=Pendrake]The fishmen that climbed from the underground sea onto the broken bridge to Pedestal smelled noisome, though not of vinegar.[/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>