Always good to use a name drawn from a legend: it helps to keep their stories alive. Do tell? I'm always curious toward people's stories from their worlds.

[He might glance around slightly; he's aware of the change about him, but won't call attention to it unless she asks.]

The same portal which brought these plants also let through something dire. First a few zombies came through, which were trouble enough. But something larger and more aggressive followed them. It tried to attack a young man who'd followed me from our world of origin and arrived here some months ago: I had to haul him onto a roof out of its way. But that left the creature still roaming about Lumenwood, attacking anyone who got in its way.