Chapter 2 - Red Larch, continues

Balak keeps an eye out, but she's no immediate that.

Dazzle, Sorgrimm, and Xella all fail to remember hearing of this Valklondar. Still, his (or her) name will likely be remembered if heard again, that much is certain.

After a couple hours you arrive back in the town of Red Larch. As you're about to scatter around the town, an ordinary afternoon in Red Larch is broken by a tremor. A second later, four small children and the old cart they are playing on slide down into a sinkhole that suddenly opens.

They disappear from sight, shrieking for help. A distraught woman runs out of a nearby house and sprints to the edge of the hole, which crumbles away, spilling her in as well. More people run from other homes.

Calls of "A rope, a rope!" and "Get a ladder!" fill the air.

The ground around the hole is unstable and begins crumbling as Alyx and Balak rush near. Dexterity saves from each of you please (A & B).

Xella's rope produces cheers and some of the villagers offer to hold an end if Xella and any others want to climb down. Keeping well back from the unstable edge, there are multiple calls down into the hole.

Balak's finely tuned senses allow him to scramble back even as his feet slide into the chasm that expands under his boots. He manages to grab a hold of the edge and a nearby woman grabs his arm and helps pull him free.

Alyx scampers back from the shifting edge as road tumbles into the chasm.

Countless hands grab the rope ends, helping them tie off to solid posts.