Two bald dwarves enter the Prancing Pony. The two men laugh at the out of season yule decorations as they take a seat.
"Nice to be away from the Dourhand," Hannar says.
"I'm surprised at how many were in the old ruins," Regin says. "Why are they so interested in a place that's entirely above ground. I don't even like the idea of having the sky over my head."
"We need to dig out living quarters."
"As much as I would like that we should focus on driving the Dourhands away first. We won't be able to get to the father lode if they remain."
"I can't believe the old father lode story is true," Hannar says. "Leave itt to the elves to find what it and just never collect the ore themselves."
"Mining is too hard for such delicate people."
"That didn't stop them from trying to hide the location from us. What kind of people use poems to give directions."
"Well we should probably be thankful about it," Regin says. "I had to have a friend retrieve the records and the map from the Dourhand. If it wasn't a mystery written in elvish they would have found the father lode before we could."
"I don't know about that. We did a pretty good job taking care of their scouts and stopping the one training birds. If nothing else that will have kept them from following us to the location of the father lode."
"I'm glad to hear it, the traitors deserve to be punished."
"They should be easier to deal with," Hannar says. "Besides I had the man that went after them kill their leader. I doubt they'll be able to plan anything any time soon."
"That's good if they're kept busy until winter we should have an advantage. They don't have buildings in one piece to keep them warm and as far as I know they don't have the supplies needed for the cold months."
"We should start gathering some hides for clothing. We aren't getting as much money from the mine and most of what we have were bitten through by rats."
"That's already been taken care of," Regin says. "The guy that went searching for the father lode kept coming back with supplies he sold cheaply to the quartermaster. It included stacks of lynx furs we're making gloves and jackets out of."
"It seems we got more than just the location of the father lode. One person seems to have done a lot for us."
"He even killed some wargs after I told him about Vigfuss being mauled."
"Those beasts killed far too many of our people," Hannar says.
"There are less of them around now."
"We've had a lot of good news. Hopefully it continues until the rangers or the elves decide to help."