@Sizewell - Indeed, he did, until I rid his dead body of such items @Wingz - Thanks for the explanation. @Druidnature - It did seem like Tharr began the attack the time I was logged on. The first time I found Tharr's body, it had the lovely armor, maul, and all that. his loot: http://puu.sh/li15a/30149a3f9e.jpg The second time he came around, when I was actually logged on, he had nothing. I *am* enjoying my maul and imagine I look quite the strange person with one chain boot and one dragon scale! There is another NPC that showed up in local chat last night, but never entered my village. My village mate and I actually looked around some to see if we could find him, but it was dark, and there were lots of trees. However we know he could have been some distance away, as well as on the move. A shame, as I was somewhat hoping to see what loot *he* had!