บท 699: Warcry

"The villagers are not lizardbloods..." Tycondrius hesitated and shook his head. "Well-- they are... but..."

"Wha?" Iyuri lolled her head back, "I'm confus."

"Confused," Tycon corrected. "The word is confused, young lady."

The denizens of Thorne Village were not dragonborn... or dovahkiin, as Iyuri suggested. Tycon would have been far more wary if the village denizens comprised several dozen dovahkiin. 

They were a different kind of lizard-- and if he'd discerned correctly from Elder Thorne's malodorous scent, they were descendent from the Xul bloodline. 

The Xul... traditionally worshipped the sea god, as they tended to habitat coastal areas. Yet, the dragon god-- 

Ugh, empty night. 

--the lizard god seemed to be the one influencing Iyuri. 

...It became somewhat obvious to Tycon that he'd chanced upon effects of the gods playing their stupid games.