The cleric reluctantly informs the party that the command word for the horse is 'Black Beauty'. So, to operate it, one would say Black Beauty and then whatever you wanted it to do, walk, run, attack, etc…
Of course, it's only able to do what a normal horse would be able to do, but it doesn't get tired and can carry a total of 1000 lbs.
Hunter, "See… now that solves transport issues. Let's mount up this horse but first let's do a test… be on your guard now."
Hunter stands just outside the room the horse is in and says, "Black Beauty" and then gives it a command to trot around and stop to see if it obeys.
Delgar says "Good job hunter your skills of persuasion have come in handy from time to time, may I suggest we load up the horse and move on to see if we can rescue the poor girl that is missing."
“Yes, lets move forward and see about rescuing that Lady or at least finding out what has happened to her.” Ardo turns towards the cleric. “I am not going to coddle you; I am just going to put this plainly. I have 3 options. The first is to hand you over to the Bug Bears to see if they will watch over you while we check out this. I am not sure if they will hand you back over to us when we are done to bring you to the keep. My second option is to bash you over the head, tie you up and leave you here while we do this. Not sure if you would live through that. My last option is to bind and gag you and drag you along. If you become a hindrance, try to escape or warn the enemy we are coming I just kill you first then proceed to take out your allies. Right now I believe the last option would be more preferable to yourself. If everything goes well, I will inform the keep you were helpful in aiding us to either bring the girl back alive or at least her body to her father if she is dead.”
After that Ardo fashions something to gag the cleric.
Drethan looks to Ardo, "Thanks for the healing. Before we run off to find the necromancer we still have not fully explored this cave system. Maybe the cleric when to that corridor we did not search yet. We can gag this cleric and tie him to the horse so he does not escape as we have the horse follow us. I am all for rescuing the lady if she is still alive of return her body back to the merchant so he can have closure."
"Well said Drethen, I forgot about that last hallway. Do you happen to have a healing potion on yourself to take care of the rest of your wounds?"
Out of character: Not sure how many hit points you lost.
Out of Character: I was down 8 total and you gave me back 5 so I am down 3 so I am good for now.
In Character: "I do not have healing potions but I have holy water. I can always sprinkle some on our buddy here if he does not stop struggling. I wonder what reaction it would have?" Drethen Smiles.