Around twenty minutes later, a red headed female dwarf, presumably Rusty, enters the room, and places the meal on the table. A filling dish of stew, of unknown content, it goes down quickly before the innkeeper shows you to your rooms for the night.
In the morning, you are all woken early by either the troll or the dwarf knocking, and when you are dressed, you head downstairs and outside to find the king standing, again fully armoured, in the tunnel entrance. As both you and Kyle join him, he turns to walk away, speaking as he begins to lead you down the same route by which kyle was brought before you retired.
‘The cave mouth is a half hour out by boat, which we will be taking. the ship is already loaded with provisions in case it is deeper than it appears, as we will not be returning until the cave is clear. If Darkling must be used, it will not be on my conscience. If there is anything you wish to do, now is the time to do it.’
You arrive in the main room from earlier, the staircases now somewhat calmer than earlier.
‘The armoury is down the righthand passage, and the artisans down the left. the artisans tend to be as close as us dwarves get to mages. And before I forget, your payment from earlier.’
He places a bag of fifty coins in each of your hands, giving Kyles to Ryxa, before turning and ascending the stairs.
‘Meet me at the doors within two hours.’
((Updated sheets sent out, and mission soon! Apologies for the downtime.))