[@AzureKnight]

Nyla could probably do either role fairly well enough. Maybe not the best at either, but she could act as a fill. Considering she [i]can[/i] do some bit of shapeshifting to appear entirely human on a skin-deep level thanks to her slime nature and ability to create any type of material with her body (don't think to hard about it) she might work best as warning the villagers, though.

But also having some eldritch monstrosity that can't be harmed by normal weapons just popping up in the battlefield would probably also scare the living cake out of the attackers.

So I'm cool to fill wherever is needed.

Also, if anyone wants to get up to shenanigans with the Shog on the boat ride feel free to ask.