A timely bot of Eireachdail :)
Back from whence you came a familiar figure approaches along the road. With a wave and booming laugh he lopes towards your collective group;
"Ho! My good friends and muses! I thought I had lost you all on the road..."
The tall skald bows toward your assembly;
"Alas the night before our departure I was deep in my cups when struck by a bolt of inspiration: Of a song of iron suits, cheese and gold! Of halflings young and halflings old! Of ballads unsung and tales yet told!"
He chuckles;
"Then of course I fell asleep... missed our departure and had to make haste to catch-up... once I had serenaded a fair maid in the Shady Dragon whence I was staying!"
He eyes the new equine members of the group with interest;
"Interesting. A mule and a horse... Foundlings? Or once creatures transformed by magicks!? Regardless I, Eireachdail ap Leòmhann, am here now... and our company is complete!"