"Uh oh, druid drama," Elero mutters, not exactly sure what that means.  He's unfamiliar with non-mechanical things or societies.

Nomi looks blankly at Elero then stomps her foot and goes to leave, clearly not much impressed with The Rouge.

You could of course head to Diggermattock Hall, report to the Queen of the Deep Gnomes, then go about your seperate business in Xanxirite. It is relatively safe in the city to split up… somewhat.

"Perhaps we look into your Druidic duties after we claim reward for the Trolls?" *LANDMOP suggests*

As long as you're all happy to, you travel to Diggermattock Hall. On the way, you walk past a giant temple to the deity Arawai called The Ruby in the Rough, with svirfneblin performing rituals to her and making gestures with their hands as they pass by on their duties. After that you pass by a staging area with a bunch of gnome guards standing at the ready behind one of the giant stone doors. Erix get's a strange feeling of elemental subjugation from behind there. You quickly move through the residential caves area and find yourselves at Diggermattock Hall, you rise up some stairs and enter the palace of the Deep Gnomes:

Two dozen or so svirfneblin occupy this well-lit cavern, some moving briskly with messenger pouches in hand while others huddle around several stone tables covered in maps and other papers, talking in hushed, serious tones. The back of the room is dominated by a dais carved from the rock of the cavern, atop which rests a stone desk. A female deep gnome sits behind the desk, conferring with advisers and the deep gnome priest Carmeneren. She turns her attention to you as you enter, a stern yet quizzical look seemingly painted on to her face and a simple crown on her head: "Is this them, the ones who promised to destroy the trolls?" After Carmeneren confirms she turns to you again, "Well, announce yourselves, and state the outcome of your foray into the Troll Caves."

Elero sort of half-bows, then clears his throat and says, "Yes, your highness.  We're the Rouge, and we've killed off the Topknots and the Slaverers.  It was a hard fight, actually a couple of hard fights, but we got them all."

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Nomi explains that the Goldwhiskers are a Deep Gnome Wererat colony that controls the east part of Xanxirite, then looks at LANDMOP strangely when he mentions the trolls. “I don’t know exactly what you mean by that, unless… you’ve destroyed the trolls?! This is unbelievable! You have to go to Diggermattock Hall and tell the queen, this changes much.” She then turns to Erix, “Although not so much that a Druid can forsake their duty. Tell me, what quest could you be on that means you can ignore a quest from another Druid?”

 "We are looking for a boy that was abducted from the upper world and was taken down here." Erix answers "However, I did not say I couldn't take the quest, I just requested more information about how releasing the Elementals would help?"

Nomi looked back at Erix as she walked away, "Captured boy? Well he isn't here. If you're serious about the quest, you can head into Rockblight and find some Earth Elementals to free. Better they return to the plane of Lammania that live under the curse of Goruun'dar's Bane"

The Queen of the Deep Gnomes waves her hand at Elero's half-bow, clearly not interested in the pleasantries. When you tell her of the troll's passing, the other gnomes around gasp in joy, and Carmeneren smiles at you, but the Queen simply leans forward in her chair, "And I take it you've done this out of the goodness of your heart hmm? Nothing you would ask of Queen Senni Diggermattock is there?" She asks in a mocking tone.