Chapter 2 - The Raiders’ Camp

You nod to each other and head off in separate directions. Octavia and Zachary, you have little trouble finding a group of drunk mercenaries seeing as they all seem to be drunk, and they’re easy to spot as they’re not wearing cultist outfits. They don’t seem to pay you much attention as you approach.

Kel and Kirsk, you search a little longer, but you find a small group of four cultists that seem to sway a little too much to be sober. As you approach they try to stand a bit more upright but it does little to deceive.

One of the cultist look at you and laughs, "Pfft, you need to know where to look, man! We raided this apothecary and hit the jackpot. Plenty of gold in there plus a couple of really fun potions. What did you get then? Also, don’t worry, man! Cyanwrath doesn’t care about us until we at least reach Dragonclaw". He looks at you and Kel up and down, "By the way, if you’re part of us, man. You ought to put your tunics on before anyone you know sees you", he breaks into a fit of giggles.

The men eye you sceptically as you approach, but seems to dismiss any misgivings quite easily. A particularly burly dwarf speaks up, "Girls ‘n’ ale! Haha! Aye, yes, that dragon man ‘e gives me tha’ heebyjeebies! ‘Ow ‘bout ye? Wha’ are ye gonna spend yours on?"

"Wassat?", one of the cultists sways as he tries to focus on you both. "Head back to Greenest? Whywouwe do that, that place issss squeezezed dry. Haha, I dunno wherwe go now, I hear mebbe north? To transport treasure away"

The dwarf sighs, "Aye, true. They could be payin’ us better, but at least it’s easy money...but wait, you haven’t ‘eard? There ain’t gonna be no more work fer now. They’ve apparently gotten ‘nuff together now. So no mo’ raids...I’ve ‘eard tha’ the pile is massive, but o’ course it’s in tha’ cave, and I ain’t stupid enough to go there withou’ permission", he leans in and theatrically whispers, "I ‘eard they’re ‘atching dragons in there...", he laughs deeply.

You're kidding right. Ther goes my dreams, unless I can find a partner to put up some money' She gives the dwarf a knowking look.

'Hatching dragons? I thought they were just using it as an aesthetic., what with that dragon born and all. Heard 'bout dragons, know they like their gold but diden know they needed it for hatching.. guess that;s why the needed all tha gold. Unless there's a second reason?

Kel, you discreetly look around you to see if there’s anything of interest. You seem to have managed to scope out the camp pretty well before, but you’ve moved a little bit closer to the lone prisoner and does see that he’s wearing a white and blue tunic which would fit the description of Leosin. You also look at the tent with the guards and see four figures step outside. Two of them you recognise from the siege as Frulam Mondath and Langdedrosa Cyanwrath. One of the other two is also a half-dragon but this one is black and the other one is a human male in a large red robe trimmed with gold. He’s bald and has some kind of symbol on his forehead, but from this distance it’s hard to make out too many details. After a minute or so they walk back into the tent.Kirsk, the cultist laughs and almost loses his balance, "Shou’re a booold man, Mondath shwill have shour head if shou mess weath a prishunor…apart from that pur shod the monk, they’re prolly around workin’".

Octavia, the dwarf shrugs. "Nah lassie, they’re all abou’ dragons them folks. They keep talkin’ abou’ a dragon queen, ‘parently the hoard is fer her. But they jus’ keep it in the cave until they can move it".