Sage slowly drops her guard and puts her weapon away, seeing the elf collapse her eyes widen and she rushes to catch him before he hits the ground. Unable to understand what he is saying she sees him more as someone needing help instead of someone who is a threat based on his physical state and the sudden collapse.

Sage slightly pushes a very surprised Thasa away to catch the ancient  elf. Thasa the elf just spoke a very ancient  form of the elvish tongue. You barely recognized the elvish in it. 

Smudge you concentrate on the elf  and discover that their is a glamour on him. Not an illusion but more like the residue of  a powerful enchantment. You have to concentrate more to gather more info.

Sage holds the elf up and looks up at Thasa, "Did you understand what he said?" She asks quickly before looking at the elf a little warily but continues to hold him up.

"Shaylin, do you think you are able to get over here, I think we might need a cleric." Thasa looks back over his shoulder towards Shaylin and the copperhound. He sees Sage has got the elf and moves back to the dead kobold, concerned about the burns on his body and checks him over.

Investigation 11

Smudge stacks his brain and focuses, trying to discern the nature of the magic he senses

Arcana : 10

"I should be able to help." Shaylin will walk over to the elf and use healing word 4

”Damnit. I should’ve asked what the hell they call this thing. “ Smudge moves about fifteen feet from the Lava Hound, throwing back his hood and cloak to show his features, in case the thing would be more comfortable around a Kobold. He begins murmuring to it soothingly in Draconic,

”Easy Copper Dog, easy. No one will hurt you”

He mutters an aside to Shaylin, “ I am terrible with animals, if I’m getting in the way tell me off, please”

"Just keep him and you calm and it should be ok."

“Nice doggie. Good doggie. Good doggies don’t want to burn or bite nice loredrakes.”

Thasa the burnt marks are from frost. You see nothing around that would.have been able  to do that. Also he has on one of his arms a bite that leaks poison. 

Sage. With the help of Shaylin you can see that the healing  as done some good to the elf. He is still fast asleep but his breathing is normal one more.

 Smudge you have now attracted the attention of the copperhound. It turns it's large head toward you and waits with hooded eyes. 

Smudge seems decidedly uncomfortable being the hellhound’s focus. “Good doggie. Do you want to go home? Ferin sent us to bring you home. “

Sage manages to carry the elf and looks around at everyone in silence

At the word Ferin the big and impressive dog's ears perk up. 

Sage. The elf is light as a feather. ( perception check please )

"Neither the caterpillars nor the copperhound killed this kobold, we need to be on the lookout for another threat, unless of course Sage is holding him up as we speak? He asked us for help before he collapsed."  The last is spoken to Sage who Thasa belatedly realises asked him what the elf had said.

“ Go on, er buddy, go to Ferin. Go home?” 

Smudge will try to lead the hound back towards the Kobolds territory.

10 Would be an animal handling check

"Smudge, be careful, the illusions in the trophy room may upset him, or not - I don't know if they'd work on something like him, but be careful anyway!!"

Smudge glances at Thasa and nods

”If he looks ready to bolt I can always throw some ice behind him and try to herd him towards Kerin.”

Smudge is leading the beast to the stairs, hoping that it won't be a problem to take it through the trophy room. 

Perception check: 18