The Claw

''"We are dreams of mist, my kahul. We are always a secret, always forgotten." --the silver, older dragonborn''

"The Peak, the Path, the People"--the oath of the Claw?

The Claw is an elite secret organization of dragonborns that serve the Kahul of Nydahar.

In the narrative of Second Best, Ahzbit Hundbaatz and Iutl meet three members of the Claw at night in the barren wastes a few miles west of Keen. Each member of the Claw has a small sled. The dragonborn are stoic:

one short and gold, one older and silver female dragonborn, and the last a hulking burly copper dragonborn. All are dressed in identical black and gray coats.They listen with attentive eyes.

They are able to quickly traverse the countryside using sleds and telescoping poles.

The dragonborn are highly synchronized, gracefully interweaving their poles as they propel themselves out of sight and acting as if they have one mind.

Azhbit has sent members of the Claw on missions outside of Nydahar before. In this mission, he instructs the Claw to locate the dragon turtle egg that he suspects the Tranquility Team has hidden in Milarien and return with it; if someone tries to seize the egg, the Claw must break it. Ahzbit adds that the mission must be carried out with the utmost secrecy