Sorry it took me so long put another one of these out, all two people who read this. I had a bit of writer's block.

Murder looked down into the small valley. Goliath and his mammoth, which Goliath named Stone-tusk were down there doing what both of them seemed to enjoy the most, eating. The hairy beast and Goliath were shockingly similar. They both seemed to have the same lazy mannerisms, ate at almost every opportunity, and loved a good game of break the tree. Murder turned and walked away from the edge of the valley.

"How long are you going to be gone?" Zane said as he strode up alongside him.

"A few hours. And I should come back with information on where our green cloaked friends are headed next."

Murder took a bit of a running start and leaped. He turned into a crow before he hit the ground and flew off toward the closest village. He always liked being a crow. Being any other bird feels functionally the same, but most people looked at him like he was about to kill something as a crow. People were afraid of him like this, and he didn't even have to put any effort into it.

Meanwhile, back in northern Eura, Meilin was quickly rifling through the book of monsters. After Connor had given up the boar talisman, she had no reason to be here, but she needed to know. Know how to deal with monsters. The most useful tips she found she quickly committed to memory. Jorogumo couldn't continue fighting if their spider half is too injured, a common herb called OgreNap will knock a giant out for hours, silver burns a shapeshifter's skin, and Asanbosam can't see in bright light. She left the book open as she silently left her friends behind.

Murder landed quietly on the outskirts of the town. He shifted into his usual towngoing form. He looked mundane as possible. He made sure he had an easily forgettable face and brown non-specific cloths. He walked through the little village with the humans doing their usual day to day activities. Every once and a while, a random shop owner or citizen would catch his eye, and theirs would flash silver. There were always at least three shapeshifters in every Euran town. There were less on the other continents, but they were still there. Murder stepped into a tavern.

One of the barmaids looked up and signalled him. She gestured toward a door in the back of the taver. Once the two shapeshifters were outside, they reverted to their true forms. Murder had his regular mischievous smirk and mop of wild hair. The other shapeshifter had either cut or simply shifted her hair into a mohawk. Murder knew her.

"Bandit? I thought you were a Niloan messenger."

"Well, the giants have requested more Shapeshifters in Amaya." Her voice carried the same averace as most of the shape changing race.

Murder nodded in interest,"So, where are our green clad friends headed now?"

Bandit continued. "One split off from the rest, looks to be headed toward Zhong. The others? Well, they look like they're headed this way. Looking for you lot."

That was something Murder didn't expect. He thought the green group would be headed back to the fortress on their island to plan for the next expedition. Not for the to split up and then go monster hunting… Something completely unexpected.

All the way back in Amaya, something decisions with massive implications were being discussed.

Gogmagog looked at the stone tablet in his hand,"First order of business, we need to know all the tribes are here." He began reading down the list,"Titans?"

A giant with long flowing hair responded,"Present."

"Annunaki?"

A female giant that would look much more at home in Nilo or Zhong pounded the but of her weapon into the ground.

"Nahullo?"

This answer came from a pale skinned red haired giant, who simply grunted.

"Fomorians?"

Gogmagog looked up and received his answer from the deformed brutish face of the chief of the Fomorians.

"Jotun?"

"Present.", This response came from an old white haired giant.

"And finally," Gogmagog turned toward the final cheif,"The Trolls."

"Now that I know that we are all represented, we can get to the real business." Gogmagog settled himself down in his makeshift throne,"We need to start making our presence known. It's time for us to leave the mountain."