Galvanauskas

Galvanauskas, a blond pigmy native of the tropical continent, was the head of a team of baggage-carriers employed by Baron Toivo's dragon-hunting expedition from the Empire of Mussalmi. His defining feature was a scar on his face. The Mussalmians were amused by his claim that two nearby volcanoes with the nostrils of a dragon, or pranys in his language. Although he thought him a bit simple because of this, the Mussalmian mage Kyosti asked Galvanauskas' advice in setting up a unicorn trap, and his advice turned out to be sound. Kyosti tipped Galvanauskas a coin for this help, and the blond replied "so generous" - a remark which Kyosti was unsure whether it was intended as irony.

Later on, the Mussalmians killed an enormous bipedal venomous lizard, which they determined was the "dragon" on whose existence the blonds were so insistent. Kyosti determined to show Galvanauskas the proof. As they were walking to the place where the carcass was kept, a brief earthquake shook the land, and the blond insisted this was the sleeping pranys preparing to wake up. Then Kyosti showed him the dead specimen, and insisted that this was the fearsome pranys, that it was now dead, and that even a large number of these creatures thrashing could not produce an earthquake.

Galvanauskas found this thesis unconvincing, as told Kyosti "So you say" in a very unimpressed tone. When Kyosti was infuriated by this, his teammate Sunila told him "there's none so blind as the man who refuses to see." Kyosti was irritated that the blonds clung to their superstition even in the face of scientific proof. As the Mussalmians departed the tropical continent soon after, Galvanauskas' attitude was still on the mind of Kyosti, who never suspected just how right the blond had been.