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Sage follows silently but she doesn't go through the door, she instead stays back preparing herself in case they attacked Smudge.

There is a stunned silence in the hall as every kobold stops in his tracks. You can see that they know that you are a stranger but they have no leader among themselves and look at each other. 

It lasts a second then a female slightly larger than the others, her scales blues, comes toward Smudge. The other kobolds take a step back but don't flee.

"Who are you ?" her accent is strange... ancient draconic if that's possible. 

OOG: I'll wait for the others before moving on but you can talk to her if you want.  

Shaylin will stand by the door to the hallway listening for the fist sound of trouble. "I truly hope we can end this with out a fight." He states in a low voice.

“I am Smudge, descendant of Issidrahk the Silent Frost. I ask you again, What are you doing? Scattering about like hatchlings? You accomplish nothing. “

Smudge snaps his fingers at the female who spoke “ What is your goal? If you are brave enough to question me you are brave enough to command these hatchlings. Do so and stop your panicked bleating. “

Thasa moves quietly and calmly into the room shortbow away again but within easy reach, he moves slightly in the direction of the staircase but stays a little way behind Smudge and tries not to draw attention to himself.

Honor moves in beside Shaylin stealth 20 stays low but keeps the bow ready. "It's easy pickings with this poor lot. I hope Smudge can convince them," Honor replies in a whisper.

The bleu Kobold is a bit taken aback by your speech. It takes a moment for her to register the Elf coming behind you. 

The others kobolds start moving for the exits. 

"My name is Ferin of the CopperDog clan daughter of Raxinorin "The Storm"." She says hands held away from her weapons. Two small shortswords. "My father has gone to retrieve our Totem but he has not returned."

A nod. “ We are not seeking your deaths this day, CopperDogs. Our business is not with you or your totem. We want nothing that is yours. We would pass by and seek the depths of this place. Is that where your father has gone?”

"We can lead you to the stairs leading down. Much of this area is ours." She smiles a toothy grin. 

"The upper and lower levels are dangerous but I can see that you are strong." She eyes your weapon and seems to have an idea. 

"Would you help us? We have nothing much to trade but we could help you rest here when you need to rest in a safe area." 

Smudge eyes his allies, “Well? We need to explore the lower reaches at some point. I vote we help this tribe recover the totem. And if the cave in ends up being the only way out, we could do worse than have a friendly tribe of skilled excavators on our Side.”

With seeing the friendly exchange Shaylin will walk into the room and look around (do you want perception, history, or insight?)

"I agree with you Smudge, why not see whether or not we find this totem. Can you ask if they can describe the areas near here, even better draw us a map! Also do they know of any other inhabitants, it wouldn't hurt to know who else lives here." 

Sage relaxes slightly and listens to the conversation, the short human folding her arms over her chest interested in what she was hearing.

You all start to relaxe. Ferin tells you that she will draw you a map as soon as she can gather the materials. 

She knows of some orcs further down and a group of undead that protects the upper stages. They are former soldiers of an ancient realm. The Kobolds are themselves descendants of slaves of that empire. She knows nothing of it except that it was ruled by very powerful wizards.

 The clan's totem is actually a huge dog the color of copper who is the last of his race and it ran away when the earthquake struck. 

She knows the general direction but it is not in the clan's territory. 

Shaylin is busy studying the walls and floors to see if there is any writing or pictures to learn anything more about the people and location.

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Much of the walls has been rendered smooth from use and time. 

Shaylin is able to discern that the entire floor was dedicated to Kossuth a primordial lord of flame. Thpigh not a true god he has had a following but htey are rare now. 

Now that you have a better grasp of your surroundings do you want to do something ?

"We will wait some more for my father" Ferin says while she takes you to the trophy room and  the outer edge of the clan's territory. "We never go past that. " She shows you the heads of the beast hanging on the wall. "But the Totem was loose and it didn't stop so my father ha  to follow."

She looks pleadingly at Smudge then at the rest of the party " Bring  it back." You are a bit shocked to discover that she is not talking about her father.

Honor moves to flank Smudge and nods at the other kobold. "It will be done," Honor says before giving a nod. "Anything about this totem we need to know," Honor asks Feirn before looking to Smudge speaking in common at all times. 

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Honor moves to flank Smudge and nods at the other kobold. "It will be done," Honor says before giving a nod. "Anything about this totem we need to know," Honor asks Feirn before looking to Smudge speaking in common at all times. 

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