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The task of making it to the rear of the mine was slow and treacherous, the silence in the mine interrupted frequently by coughing. The dust may have cleared near the entrance, but it thickened quickly as they walked. After twenty minutes or so, Judah found himself up again a pile of boulders...

As the leader of their group, Judah took the lead. The men following him were his responsibility, and he was determined not to lose anybody. Mining was a dangerous job, he knew, but if it was in his power to make it safer, he was willing and ready to do it. Without hesitating he stepped into the...

Gerald arrived at the same time as Morell and joined the three men already there, standing in front of the rubble with a couple torches already lit. Judah passed a long coil of rope to Morell when he joined them. "Take the rear." He said. The rope was used to string behind them so that they...

"Course you didn't..." Tobias watched him leave, then joined the crowd standing around Judah and Lord Varxis. The chaos was beginning to settle down now that the affected miners had been reunited with family members. Everyone seemed relieved that nobody was seriously injured... or killed. The...

"Mmm... mister Aelfric, I fear an orc death more than I fear one by your hands. Splitting will be the least of my worries." Finally, he held the key close enough that Aelfric could reach it with his other hand through the bars. "There is no safe way out of here, but I invite you to try. You just...

"Mmm..." Tobias mumbled, still eyeing him suspiciously. "Judah is looking for some men to assess the damage once the dust clears. You were working in the back of the mine... perhaps you saw something that could prove useful. How bout' you join them once the horses are put away?" He purposely...

"Hey Morell!" Tobias called his name. He was returning down the hill from the doctor, and spotted Morell behind the crowd before Judah could. "Where ya been? Judah's been lookin' for you." Tobias was a decent man, but outspoken and often rude or crass. Like others, he was suspicious of Morell's...

Given the situation, Gomez didn't look frightened or put out at all. He was still grinning wildly despite the knife being pressed into his arm, while making no move to try and pull away from Aelfric, although the laughter was beginning to cease. "The key you say..." He looked at the wall, where...

"Lord Varxis," Judah approached the man respectively and dipped his head. The lord had come as soon as the news of the mine collapse reached the rest of the settlement. In a small village like Camden, it wasn't long before much of the villagers were anxiously crowding around the mine. Thank...

Halfway to the doctor's home, Tobias and Jankin didn't notice Morell appear behind them. The process of getting up the hill was slow and laborious as Jankin was primarily hopping on a single foot. -- After accounting for all of his men and assuring that none of them were injured enough to be...

Surrounding Lord Varxis were six sworn men, each assigned a particular aspect of the settlement that they were to oversee. One of them was named Judah, and he was in charge of the south mine, the one that had partially collapsed. Judah was a moderately tall man with a short black beard. He was...

The moment Aelfric released his choke hold Gomez sank back to the ground and fell to his knees as his feet made contact with the ground again. He took several huge gulps of air, then broke into a fit of coughing as his throat and windpipe were still irritated after having been grabbed so...

"L-Let... go..." Gomez was struggling to get the words out now. There were only two keys for the cage which Aelfric was in. One belonged to Kagan, and the other was hanging on the wall next to Ghegari's pots and pans. With Aelfric holding onto his neck, he wasn't able to reach either of them...

Gomez grappled with Aelfric through the bars while sneering at his face, off colored spittle bubbling through the gaps in his teeth. "Where you g-gonna go? Eh?" He asked hoarsely. "You gonna run to her, m-make sure she's safe?"

Standing in front of the cage smirking, Gomez had let his cockiness get in the way of his reflexes and was completely unexpecting Aelfric to suddenly lunge forward. Before he had a chance to duck backwards, the man's hands wrapped themselves around his throat. An enraged snarl broke out of his...

Meanwhile.... A little bit ahead of David, Charles, and Anwir, the orcs were making fairly good time through the passage of their choice. Their thicker skin and larger bodies made the cold and wind a little bit more tolerable than for a human, but Orkhan didn't particularly enjoy the crossing...

"Nothing." He admitted, leaning in a tiny bit closer. "I just wanted to tell you how splendid my evening was, and make sure you weren't too comfortable. The orcs don't like comforts, you know."

The village of Camden is quite unlike both Aberdeen and Wedmor, both in its size and more notably, its economy and geographic location. The majority of its wealth comes from mining in the mountains, which are rich in metal and diamond deposits. Few farms scatter the countryside as the land is...

Terrowin nodded and bid him farewell as he had to David. Once the men had left the stables on their journey he made sure that his own horse was properly fed and watered, and then headed back up the steps into the main area of Wedmor to survey the settlement. It had been awhile since he'd been...

Mazoga was already awake when Barash rose from his slumber. She was carrying a small set of shackles slung over her shoulder and dropped them in front of him. "Kagan has ordered that no slaves work on the wall unless they are shackled. I think the last breakout has made him nervous that more...