I just finished the Quickstart for some prospective players. They ended up fleeing Idrima after killing Danakos in one combat round via an arm hit and the small fire elemental doing 15 points of damage. They weren't entirely successful at stampeding the cattle out of the ruins, but ended up only losing a handful.
One of the players (aptly, playing the Lhankor Mhy) coined the following name for the Sprul-Pa, which seemed to me worthy of sharing:
Bo-vines.