I'm not gonna say anyone's gotta use spoiler tags for their speculations.

I mean if we wanna go down that road we may as well just start posting on the GITP forums.

(And that way lies damnation.)

But if people wanna to be extra-considerate or whatevs, I ain't tellin' nobody no.

Well, it is mentioned several times that the MITD talking is exceedingly rare for a creature of his species. Which makes his being a very young new Terrasque quite likely.
Not to mention that he has a pretty massive DR and huge strength. And what may be a Frightful Presence.

Then again, the Snarl is also masive and ate a lot. But then again, MITD's species is also known by the stereotypical hunters who captured him, and I don't think they would likely be privy to secret Sapphire Guard lore.

I was thinking it was a Nightwalker with a kid's mind or something, though checking out the MM now I'm starting to think that a CR 17 might not be scary powerful enough.

I think it'll be a published monster, but I don't think it'll be the Tarrasque. I don't think it'll have anything to do with the snarl either.

Lets see though; it's size category looks to be large, it's nigh invulnerable, almost definitely epic, intelligent, and it has yellow eyes. It's also capable of holding an umbrella. It's abilities aren't age or experience-based either, so it seems like it's probably one of the more animal-like monsters.

There's always the chance that it's just a normal animal loaded up with templates. Imagine a dire, legendary, paragon babboon. I keep picturing it as something ape-like, 'cause I get a Kong feeling from it. If not that, I'm expecting some kind of lizard.

I don't think the Snarl was ever shown to be talking. And by extension, there isn't a high probability that its fragments would be talking.

I'm not saying that my answer is correct, it could be this Tarrasque thing. I'm just saying that your statements are not excluding my guess.

Although my entire hypothesis is riding on the fact that A. the snarl is important to the story, and B. the monster not seeing the gate is something more than a running gag on its lack of perception.
This is probably the biggest argument against my theory, but considering that the snarl has to do with the state of the world, it's far from impossible that nothing about it is known to some hunter sect thing.

So yeah, there's a new Erfworld up. Though it doesn't seem to be much but further clarification of the 'Plier Powers, and confirmation of Bogroll's status as like unto Black Belt.

On the plus side, it looks like Ansom is taking Bogroll's place. Bogroll is still way better than that smarmy jerk though.

How long do wizard buffs last again? Is V still defensed up?

It hasn't been maybe 10 minutes since he fought the dragon. More than likely the buffs should still be there.

They're being cast by a 21st level plus, I'm sure they're still around.

Also its funny to glance over his 'foreshadowing' in War and XPs, talking about "what one character has to sacrifice." I'm positive he means V but I can only wonder what else he's going to sacrifice.