Grimm used the opportunity to visit some more taverns in the area, talking to soldiers about the monster and to city folk about the quarantine district. He heard a lot of obviously exaggerated second hand stories about both, some exaggerated first hand accounts much along the lines of what he'd first heard upon coming to town and also heard a scarce handful of solid information.

Regarding the monster, the more reliable accounts only had mention of a single Thao soldier as the sole casualty rather than the dozens mentioned by others. It was about as large as reported however and apparently quite strong. From descriptions of the event he drew a few hesitant conclusions of his own. It's actions appeared to be far from the thoughtless actions of a simple monster with the intent to instill fear and get the full attention of the nations.

He tented his fingers on the counter of the bar he was currently occupying. He may need to make some modifications to his weapons for something like this. His shield would be useless against something so large and the driver lance would require him to be much too close. This left the recoiless gun. He had some ideas to discuss with an engineer possessing a greater grasp of magic than he did. He rose and left the bar for his rented room, reflecting on his allies.

He could tell by looking at them that they were vampires, so he'd come to the area around the quarantine district to ask about them. This information was much easier to come by, vampires allowed to leave the district being rare. One appeared to be enough of an engineer to be able to help him and the other seemed to be strange, even for a vampire.

He reached his room and unlocked the door, entering and locking it behind him.