Oliver chuckled when Sanguine was immediately outed as vampire. Eventually she figured out that he needed to be the one doing the talking. A proud warrior carrying a giant sword was the obvious choice for an ambassador. "Why don't you go over there and play with dead things or something for a bit? I'll work my charms on the town." he suggested. The Paladin wasn't going to order his Guild Master around, but if she wanted results, she was going to have to not be around for a bit. 

Once the ice cage disappeared, the Cleric moved to block the villager's way. "Sanguine's a bit of an... Acquired taste, you could say. But I'm a Cleric of Pelor. And a Paladin. So..." he gave the man a moment to let that sink in and draw a conclusion.

"Who's Pelor?" was the first question out of his mouth, and this gave Oliver a pause.

"Pelor's the Sun God where I come from. He embodies light, and life, and good things. He blesses His followers with fire to light their way, warm their homes, and protect them. I assure you, we're here to help." he hoped that would be convincing enough, but was prepared to pull out more stops if necessary.

"Why's... Why's [i]she[/i] here, then?" the vampire was obviously the main point of concern, now.

"She's my boss. She's undead, and she eats people, but she means well. And she only eats bad people, if that makes you feel any better." he was basically lying at this point. The Paladin couldn't say for sure who she ate, or if she even meant well. He assumed she did, since they were rescuing this village, but it was basically their guild versus the world at this point, which made it harder to define good and bad with regard to their actions on the world around them.

"I'll... I'll go see who else is around. We aren't talking to the vampire, though." the man offered, and Oliver moved to let him go. "I'll wait here. Let me know when you've gotten everyone together." he figured that would have to do. Now he just hoped that Jan had the sense to bring multiple squadrons of hussars with him when he showed up. It couldn't be too long now, even if they needed to get everyone ready first...