Master Te'on takes a second to collect his thoughts on the matter, than answers, as you are all already used to see him do.
Well Beyden, Samovar is an exceptional leader, charisma, voice, power, he's got it all, he is inspiring as hell, heck, I've fought with him a few times and the man almost radiates self confidence. what could trap him...
if one of his team was wounded, Samovar wouldn't let him behind, he would stay and try to evacuate him as long as there's hope, so maybe he's at a standstill somewhere.
If he was overwhelmed by sheer force, I'd say it would take a small army, so maybe overwhelming forces, or exceedingly powerful monster, but I think if something able to take him on had been around there, we'd have heard of it.
Magic might be able to nail him, aye, althought what kind I don't know, but I think If i had to take a guess, I'd take that one.
[spoiler]I,ll effectively allow you to metagame a bit, samovar was a high level warblade/Bard with a heavy focus in both the inspire courage power (perform: scream the fuck after you till you perform better in combat, you lousy no good rookie!!!!) and in white raven tactics, if you have any martial lore, you know that he is able to use level 7 maneuvers, any other questions about him that you may know, just ask in OOC thread)[/spoiler]