[He looks to the side, considering.] Hobbes are smallish, deformed creatures, said to be children who have had their souls eaten by a dark nymph. It's never clear whether such stories are the truth. And the white balverines, wolflike creatures who turn into men and can bite other men to make more white balverines. Brown balverines are smaller, weaker, and don't apparently turn into anything else, although one is still more than a match for most skilled warriors.