@HiddenX,
yeah, just found there's a bit more - per the walkthrough - ->
[After completing the The druid stone of the wolf quest, Bogir will leave the village so that he may peacefully die. If you're following him for a while, he will be attacked by a white shadowbeast on the same plateau you already killed the white ripper on. When killing the shadowbeast, the quest is finished. If you're familiar with skinning animals, you can retrieve a very precious skin from the shadowbeast.]
....so there is also a white shaddowbeast? - thanks - i'll go back and see.
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@Maylander,
it's a deep subject, probably at the very center of the G3 theme. Since my last post i found more info's - i asked a druid for the secret (was in his dialogue) he replied:-->
"The power of the druids is to awaken the animal in you, every creature you change into will be all the stronger - that is the secret of the druids" - - this is what one of the orc leaders asked the nameless hero to investigate.
Mmm - this seems to suggest the beasts power increases with use or each summon or transform - not quite sure just yet.
Another druid reply when learning the transform spell was "Adanos gives you this magic so that you will guide the fate of the world"
......it seems that being as an animal/beast when attacking orcs (etc' ?) the negative effect will not accumulate against the orcs as they don't realise it the nameless hero, they think it's the beasts. Any further ideas?