Editing Session 118 (section)

==== The one that almost got away ====

A few more hours go by and Egon now on watch spots a shadowy figure moving from the mines onto the docks. He readies his weapon as the figure pads softly across the dock and fumbling with the lock manages to open it! Egon unsuccessfully attempts to grapple the individual (who appears to be a starving sailor by his tattered attire) and realizing he has not rested enough to recover his spells decides to close the door. By now the rest of the party is awake and acting quickly they get the sailors attention by offering him food. After a tense few minutes the sailor and the party come to more amicable terms especially after they provide him food.

The sailors name is [[Quinn]], formerly of the merchant ship the Dalmatian who was captured a few months ago by [[Myra Ironclad]] and sold to [[Rutgar]] to work the [[Silver Mine]]. Quinn says he and two others sailors escaped after his goblin guards failed to return after responding to an alarm gong the day before. he and his compatriots were separated and probably recaptured or killed. He was attempting to flee via boat before running into the PC’s.

Balmaris heals Quinn, and he agrees to help guide the party out of the mines. They outfit him with some of the pirates gear and head up into the mines. The path winds its way upward into a large cavern where a massive elevator winch assembly juts out over a gaping hole in the earth. Peering over the edge Egon can just make out 2-3 sub-levels of mines going down some 100’ or more. At the bottom most level what looks like Rutgar and another group of goblins are preparing to ascend in force. Thinking quickly he jams some broken mining implements into the gears seizing the mechanism up (inspiration point for Egon). Following Quinn the party rushes through the cavern pausing briefly to marvel at the raw gemstones before following what can only be Nails bloody handiwork (path of dead goblin bodies) towards the mine entrance.

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