Wolfe just nods at Edryd. "Three in favor of paying the ransom then it would seem." He says. "What do you say?" He says to Mau and Rabbit.

“As long as it keeps its promise I have no problem, although I think once we have Sildar we kill them all, lest they do the same to the next caravan that passes by.”  Mau pauses for a moment “there’s no guarantee a sneak attack up the other tunnel will work and then we lose Sildar.”

Rabbit looks at Wolfe and shrugs. "Sure. Try it. Doubt the payment will work."  She grabs one of the pouches where she just recently sorted out her copper coins. "Ok, everyone, 80 pieces of copper each."  She counts her portion out and shift the rest of the coins to another pouch.  She then passes it to the others to add their portion. 

Wolfe nods at Mau. "Yes, let's keep it simple then." He says and turns to Edryd. "Good take these so we can get Sildar to safety, try to see how many they are and their positions while you deliver it."

Wolfe collects 80 copper pieces from each of you and gives them to Edryd.

Yeemik’s voice rings out:  “So?  Is there to be a deal then?  Or death?”

"We have a deal Yeemik. We will send a man over with your 400 copper pieces and the you will release Sildar with him. And no tricks this time Yeemik or you'll soon end up like Klarg and his pet." Wolfe shouts back. "Be careful Edryd, check their numbers and come back quickly with Sildar, okay."

You watch as a goblin pushes Sildar into the hall. It follows behind him carefully with a javelin at Sildar’s back. Two more shadows can be seen - archers, you think - crouching near. It stops halfway and waits. 

Krull nods at Wolfe without having to say something 

Krull takes his share of coins  and toss them in front of the goblins..he looks at them and yells in goblin 

Edryd mutters a prayer, casting Guidance, and collects the metal. He slowly walks toward the goblin and Sildar looking for danger and gathering as much Intel as he can about the vile goblins. He will place the coins down about two feet or so in front of Sildar and the goblin. He won't back away until Sildar is by his side.

"Here is your coin now. Come Sildar let us find more comfortable shadows." He says calmly.

Perception 19

From what you see now and what you observed earlier, you’d guess at least 6 goblins and Yeemik. There is no indication that the wolves have been released...

(If possible) Mau will hide behind one of the stalagmites and readying his bow waiting for the first sign of trouble.

Stealth: 27
Perception: 25

[lol]. Mau, you’re very quiet and believe yourself to be hidden. 

Rabbit is continuing to wait near the back of the party, ready to move if something happens.  But for now, just keeping a lookout behind them. (Perception if needed: 6)

As Edryd crosses the bridge and gets closer to the shining coin that Wolfe threw, Sildar stumbles towards him, prodded on by a goblin behind him.  He is blindfolded and gagged.  The three of you eventually meet somewhere over the bridge, roughly equidistant from the part and from the entrance to Yeemik's lair.  Edryd drops the coins a few feet in front of him, the pouches clinking loudly.  The goblin pokes it with the javelin and smiles greedily.  "Good," it says in broken common.  It pushes Sildar roughly forward and he stumbles and falls at Edryd's feet.  The goblin grabs the pouches and dashes off the way it came.

You have Sildar!  

"Good indeed." Wolfe says with a small sigh of relief, waiting for Edryd to bring Sildar back to their side of the bridge.

Rabbit says, "So now we just have to get out of here. The easy way is back across that bridge."  Then she offers, "Or we can try the other way?" 

"Best not to play with our luck ..we need to first to take Sildar out of here and then ask what happened " 

“Excellent!”  You hear Yeemik and the goblins celebrating.  (In goblin) “Klarg is dead! We are free! Long live Yeemik!”

You begin to hear growls from the other side of the bridge and in Yeemik’s room. “Many thanks. Now leave. They prefer live prey, you see, and these chains won’t last for long.”  You hear more laughing, echoing off the walls - a terrible and dreadful din. 

Judging by Yeemik's actions so far, and the glee that you hear in their voices, you think that the wolves could get free any second...The only way forward it seems, is backwards towards the tunnel drop, near where you were bottle-necked before...it didn't look that stable when Rabbit was near it, but it could be used as an escape.