The dryads had been allies of Lord Rathanon at the time
and when word had reached Dryad Town that a
sea serpent named Snorri would appear at the next Full Moon
and eat all it found there,lock stock and barrel,the warning had been laughted off
as a impossible threat.
Then comethe Full Moon a smallish sea serpent had appeared and gobbled up a rowboat full of dryads.
And grown bigger
It had then eaten a ferryboat full of dryad cattle.
And grown bigger.
By the time the monster had entered Dryad Town harbour
it was huge enough to make good on its threat.
And it did.
The dryad had barely escaped with her siblings and mother,and assumed
her dad and uncles had gone down Snorri's jaws.
So now the dryad stared with quite a bit of horror at Jack Dare,
who she realized was Snorri's human alter ego
a were sea serpent.
And considerably older then his youthful appearance
suggested.