Elli: "Some of the beasties you'll get to meet in the first chapter. Our dragon-tree friend wasn't supposed to have a head. He does now though. Good on him. There's lots of orher critters like the squirrels, mushrooms and fairies.
I can't tell you what the doglike-thing is for now though. But if you're familiar with Sámi mythologies, it's not difficult to figure out who he belongs to."