You decide to go with Geoffory and Aliya. "Ok, take me to Prince Leoric."
"I'll take the human" says Aliya "You can stay at the campfire.
You follow the anthro-coon through the forest until you come to what looks like a castle carved around a cave mouth into the side of a cliff. "That's Leoric's palace." says Aliya "You'd better wait out here while I talk to him first."
You wait outside for a few minutes until the racoon comes back out. "Leoric has granted you an audience." she says "He says he may help you if you agree to become an animal and help us with a mission first, but he wants to talk it through with you personally."
Aliya leads you into the cave, past a pair of bear guards, through a door and into a vast crystal cavern. On a rocky shelf at the far end of the cavern sits Prince Leoric himself. "Bow down!" whispers Aliya as you just stand and stare at the prince, who is a...