Balefur

A big dogfox who had been "loosely attached" to the fox band of Shang Damsontongue residing in the Gorge. He was a loner, tough, dependant and fearless, answering to nobeast but himself. On the march southwest from the Gorge, Balefur armed himself with a large double-headed battleaxe, and he apparently knew how to use it. He is also presumably from the Northlands, if that is to be concluded from his speech, and he doesn't object when Swartt says the same. The vixen Nightshade outfoxes (forgive the pun) Balefur, saying there is great treasure buried within the Quarry where two stoat hags live. She doesn't warn him of the adders as much as she could have. Balefur is slain by the adders of the Quarry, the ancestors of Asmodeus.