Sarpling

Sarpling is a wingless Gargoyle running a jewel and regent shop on Terfin. His name means "serpent tounge", meaning as much as liar.

After hearing about the rumors of the planned destruction of the Shrines of the Principles in Ultima VII, the Avatar tried to gether information. From Betra the provisioner he/she got the information that beside him, only Sarpling would have the needed equipment for that. However, Sarpling wasn't very talkative at first.

However, then the Avatar found a scroll with orders from Runeb how much explosives were needed for the destruction. Confronted with this proof, Sarpling confessed and a devious plan came to the light. Runeb wanted to destroy the shrines. Then he would kill Quan the leader of the branch, to shove to guilt to him (after all, dead can't talk) and become branch leader himself to control all gargoyles on Terfin.

Sarpling then cowered away in his shop, waiting for his punishment for this plot.