I see little reason why anyone would willingly approach the shemlen, but I suppose such is a personal preference.

[Because this entire thing here? The stuffed up, coughing, sneezing, achy plague brought upon him? Shemlen's fault. It could have all be avoided had he worked harder at avoiding them.]

I have seen far worse committed by those that took the form of a dragon than the beasts themselves, though they were not so delusional to believe themselves to actually be dragons.