Jack and Tamanar made their way to the Crypt-Barracks, where they found things relatively unchanged. There they found the cowardly merchant Zandor, two human caravan guards, an old laborer named Olwen, and about half the freed orcs and dwarves (those who had been in no shape to brave the dangers of the caverns). The guards had been left to keep an eye on two prisoners - Orogs who had assited the giants in overseeing the excavation.
The guards reported that keeping the prisoners alive had been difficult. The orcs hated them, and the dwarves were indifferent (at best) to their fate. But the guards had accomplished the task, so far.
Voices from the hallways to the north revealed that giants had discovered the carnage of the Bugbears and the Keeper (and it would not be long before they discovered the Fire Giant and the torturers, and so on). With so many non-combatants in tow, Tamanar suggested in a whisper that they move quickly back the way they came, taking the Orogs along for now.
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Around this time, the tunnel had collapsed for its third time, burying dwarves as it did. Quinn took the shape of a very large badger, and he dove into the loose dirt, quickly finding the closest dwarf. Bible and the others helped to pull the dwarf free as Quinn returned for more.
They managed to rescue them all, but the last was in rough shape. She had swallowed a lot of dirt and had spent too much time without air. She would live, decided Eoghan, who had managed to get her to breathe, raggedly, but she would need to be carried to safety.
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I can move things forward if everyone would like.
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