Part 3: The Spider's Web

Xora moves like a ghost, barely disturbing the curtain as she moves through and the illusion makes the transition seamless. She once again finds herself back in the room she saw previously, with the rotting barrels and crates and the rubble strewn everywhere. There is a closed door on the eastern wall and a heavy curtain blocking the passage south.

Xora finds nothing of worth in the curtained room, so she opens the eastern door to reveal a small hallway with a door on the east side and a curtain blocking off a room to the south.

She can hear voices coming from both the door and the curtain, but she can't understand what they're saying.

Stormsong is nearly as silent as Xora was, and manages to make his way to her without incident. He can hear the voices as well.

Stormsong is able to determine that the voices in the room behind the door seem to be more serious and business-like than the ones behind the curtain, which seem to be very casual conversation.

Xora presses her ear to the door and listens for a moment. She can hear what seems to be the voice of a larger goblinoid - a bugbear perhaps? -, the low growls of a wolf, and the smooth voice of an elf. She can't make out the words, however.

As Xora is telling the others what's around, you can hear footsteps coming from the southern passage with the curtain (the one that seems like more relaxed conversation. A moment after you hear the foorsteps, the curtain moves aside and a couple of hobgoblins, who are distracted talking to each other, exit the small room beyond and bump right into Kama.

They stagger backward before turning and snarling, "Hey, you, get out of our..." he trails off and his eyes widen as he realizes that you aren't part of their group. The begin to reach for their swords quickly, but you have time to react first.

Xora still has hers for another minute (gonna be generous here, since this could get ugly!)

So now both Xora and Kama should have one