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Vharzul, the Ember Wyrm: the skull boss of the Sunken Hall, crimson scales over an ember-gold belly. Every blow it deals is telegraphed a phase ahead; its fire leaves burning ground, its tail turns on a flanker, and at half strength it calls its whelps. Fire resist blunts it; nothing tames it.

Element: none
Temperament: —
Role: —
Movement: 4 tiles a phase
Squad points: 40

Stats by level

A stray's HP and damage in a duo fight at each stray level, standing alone. In the largest squads each stray has a little less of both, and an elite has more HP (see the strays page).

Stray level	HP	Bite	Tail Sweep	Wing Buffet	Fire Breath	Ember Rain
1	250	16	11	8	20	11
3	250	16	11	8	20	11
5	250	16	11	8	20	11
7	250	16	11	8	20	11
10	250	16	11	8	20	11

Kit

Base numbers. A stray always has its whole kit; your companion unlocks the same skills by level. Everyone can also Shove.

Skill	Cost	Unlock	Numbers	What it does
Bite	Action	level 1	range 3 · 16 damage	A long-necked bite three tiles out, searing hot: half of it is fire.
Tail Sweep	Action	level 2	cone 2 · 11 damage · push 2 · cooldown 1	The bladed tail whips an arc beside and behind it and throws whoever it hits two tiles back.
Wing Buffet	Action	level 4	all around, radius 2 · 8 damage · push 2 · slowed 1 round · cooldown 2	Both wings beat at once: everyone within two tiles is thrown back and slowed.
Fire Breath	Action	level 6	cone 3 · 20 damage · burning 2 rounds · leaves fire · cooldown 2	A cone of flame three tiles long. It burns, and the ground it touches keeps burning for two rounds.
Ember Rain	Action	level 6	3x3 at range 6 · 11 damage · leaves fire · cooldown 1	Embers fall on a circle up to six tiles away and set the ground alight; once it rears up, two more circles fall beside it.
Call Whelps	Action	level 6	cooldown 3	A call into the dark: two ember whelps crawl from the cracks beside it.
Roar	Bonus	level 6	all around, radius 3 · slowed 1 round · cooldown 3	A roar that slows everyone within three tiles. It deals no damage.

Where to find it

It never wanders the world: you meet it only in a fight, in the encounters that call for it.

Stray level	HP	Bite	Tail Sweep	Wing Buffet	Fire Breath	Ember Rain
1	250	16	11	8	20	11
3	250	16	11	8	20	11
5	250	16	11	8	20	11
7	250	16	11	8	20	11
10	250	16	11	8	20	11

Stray level	HP	Bite	Tail Sweep	Wing Buffet	Fire Breath	Ember Rain
1	250	16	11	8	20	11
3	250	16	11	8	20	11
5	250	16	11	8	20	11
7	250	16	11	8	20	11
10	250	16	11	8	20	11

Stray level	HP	Bite	Tail Sweep	Wing Buffet	Fire Breath	Ember Rain
1	250	16	11	8	20	11
3	250	16	11	8	20	11
5	250	16	11	8	20	11
7	250	16	11	8	20	11
10	250	16	11	8	20	11